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Last night I kept waking up because my hand would be completely numb and hurting! I have no idea why it was numb, whether it was b/c I was sleeping on it funny or not, but it was weird. Does this happen to anyone else? This seems to happen to me quite frequently and I don't even have to be sleeping on it. Or at least I'm not when I wake up ;) Also, it doesn't take much for my feet to fall asleep. If I'm crossing my legs, in about 5 minutes, if I don't uncross them, my feet will fall asleep...and I can't sit, as we say at school, "criss cross apple sauce" then my feet will definitely go numb! it's annoying...
Posted on 05/07/08, 08:05 pm
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Reply #11 - 05/09/08  1:14pm
" My hands, arm and my feet tingle off and on all the time. And they will go numb after the tingling. It is very annoying!!! I guess there is nothig to do about it. "
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Reply #12 - 05/09/08  5:11pm
" My hand going numb, followed by my legs was my first symptoms back in January, and i still have the constant tingling in my hand, and occationally in my feet, especially when i have done a lot of walking or been working a lot.......so i guess its just another biproduct of the MonSter...... "
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Reply #13 - 05/12/08  8:39pm
" FROM MY WAIST DOWN TO MY TOES IS NUMB, AND MY FINGERS. NO PAIN. BUT ANNOYING! "
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