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Is your pain always bilateral and ever involve nerve tingling?

Posted by gailg @gailg, 2 days ago

I have been part of this group for four years. My pain started with hips/thighs, then on to shoulders/arms, then hands/fingers. It has now progressed to knees but isn't nearly as bad as all the other places were. But now I have severe sciatica in one lower leg along with nerve pain and tingling. My doctor diagnosed stenosis. I'm wondering if this could be part of PMR even though it is only one leg. Would like opinions if anyone else has had this before progressing to a neuro.

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tuckerp | @tuckerp | 2 days ago

I have and have had tingling. Especially in my feet and hands. I think PMR can be bilateral but may show up in one place or another. I had right shoulder pain that was crippling. It took several months before the other shoulder started acting up. But never to the level the first shoulder did. PMR seems to have many lingering effects.

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aisp3b | @aisp3b | 2 days ago

I currently have PMR. In 2020, I had spinal surgery for spinal stenosis. My pain for spinal stenosis was lower back pain, mostly on my left side and the tingling going all the way down my left leg and toes. The day after my surgery all tingling stopped in my left leg but not my toes. I was told that the toes were the farthest away from the surgical spot (veribraes 4 & 5) and may take up to a year for the tingling to stop in the toes. If after a year the tingling did not stop in the toes, it meant it will never stop. It is now over for years since my surgery and the tingling in the toes never stopped although it is not something so bad that I even pay attention to it.

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