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by Kris
Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:19 pm
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: Is day-time knee bouncing a symptom?
Replies: 10
Views: 3117

leg bouncing

I have always been a leg bouncer. I do it to keep my legs comfortable. I am also a rocker AND I am always moving my arm and twisting it back and forth and flexing my hand. I have RLS and its always there - even during the day. Its just very painful at night. Then I'm stretching and hitting on my leg...
by Kris
Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:18 pm
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: Is day-time knee bouncing a symptom?
Replies: 10
Views: 3117

leg bouncing

I have always been a leg bouncer. I do it to keep my legs comfortable. I am also a rocker AND I am always moving my arm and twisting it back and forth and flexing my hand. I have RLS and its always there - even during the day. Its just very painful at night. Then I'm stretching and hitting on my leg...
by Kris
Mon Jun 20, 2005 12:11 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Where's Your Pain?
Replies: 27
Views: 8859

where is the pain

My pain is in both legs - mainly from the knee to the ankles and it feels like buzzing or bees in my legs. Its a deep, cold ache sometimes, and other times its like worms are crawling around inside my legs. Other times, its like I've done way too much exercise and have strained my muscles really, re...
by Kris
Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:58 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Disability: stories to help doctor writing the book
Replies: 15
Views: 4458

I think mine started after I injured my foot. I thought it was broken, and went to 3 different docs, but they said it was a bad sprain. Even as a 3rd degree sprain it wasn't treated right. They gave me an aircast and I walked on it and did my best to keep working, as they literally sent me from the ...
by Kris
Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:51 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: What would you want in a book about RLS?
Replies: 48
Views: 15249

An explanation of disability benefits would be nice. I know I can't work - have had trouble for 8 years but in November it got so bad I just could not do it anymore. I live on my leg's schedule, not an employers. I have thought about filing for my disability, but I am afraid that if they see restles...
by Kris
Sat Jun 04, 2005 1:49 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: What would you want in a book about RLS?
Replies: 48
Views: 15249

It would be nice if someone could address the pain that I feel quite often. I wake up at night just crying and I am so exhausted and I get so ill. I can't work a regular job. I can't WALK sometimes my legs are so bad. (I also have tarsal tunnel in both feet.) I want to crawl the walls and sometimes ...
by Kris
Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:22 pm
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: NEW MEMBERS AND CURRENT MEMBERS PLEASE HELP
Replies: 81
Views: 37803

AGE 37 SEX F HEALTH PROBLEMS OTHER THAN rls - osteochondral defect, left foot, tarsal tunnel syndrome - both feet, one (l) very severe with very abnormal EMGs. I'm overweight, but the problems with my foot started THEN I gained all this darn weight. Its been 8 years and I can't hardly walk. MEDICATI...