electrical like shocks when he looks down.

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wifeforlife
wifeforlife Member Posts: 189
edited March 2014 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
ok... My husband has begun having what he calls electrical shocks going thru his body when he leans his head forward to look down... I think I have seen something on here vefore about this but I can't find it... wondering if there is anything we can do about it.. thanks for your help.
Wife

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  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
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    topped it for you
    'Lhermitte's Symptom'. see if i can find the other thread it was on.


    found it. it was 'new member'. topped them both for you to read.

    sweet
  • wifeforlife
    wifeforlife Member Posts: 189
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    sweetblood22 said:

    topped it for you
    'Lhermitte's Symptom'. see if i can find the other thread it was on.


    found it. it was 'new member'. topped them both for you to read.

    sweet

    sweet you are awesome
    thank you so much... everything we have been going thru has been covered on here...this one I actually saw before we had to deal with it.. we were in the car and he looked down and felt an electric shock... scared the heck out of him...I said ...RELAX...I saw this on the CSN network...came home and looked it up!...once again I'm not happy that others are dealing with this desease...but there is a definated comfort in knowing you aren't alone.
    thanks again Sweet!
    Wife
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
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    wifeforlife said:

    sweet you are awesome
    thank you so much... everything we have been going thru has been covered on here...this one I actually saw before we had to deal with it.. we were in the car and he looked down and felt an electric shock... scared the heck out of him...I said ...RELAX...I saw this on the CSN network...came home and looked it up!...once again I'm not happy that others are dealing with this desease...but there is a definated comfort in knowing you aren't alone.
    thanks again Sweet!
    Wife

    no problem
    i actually had that happen to me before all this cancer mess. i don't know why? it is a weird feeling though.

    i agree that it makes you feel better to know that when you talk about these awful side effects that there are people here who actually understand exactly what you are going thru, and how frustrating it can be. and then to see that they have survived, well that is the icing on the cake.
  • wifeforlife
    wifeforlife Member Posts: 189
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    sweetblood22 said:

    no problem
    i actually had that happen to me before all this cancer mess. i don't know why? it is a weird feeling though.

    i agree that it makes you feel better to know that when you talk about these awful side effects that there are people here who actually understand exactly what you are going thru, and how frustrating it can be. and then to see that they have survived, well that is the icing on the cake.

    another question
    so...he also says that his tounge is numb on the left side... that's the side the cancer was on..can radiation cause that?..I won't bother you again tonight!! :)
  • sweetblood22
    sweetblood22 Member Posts: 3,228
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    wifeforlife said:

    another question
    so...he also says that his tounge is numb on the left side... that's the side the cancer was on..can radiation cause that?..I won't bother you again tonight!! :)

    hmmm
    that i am not sure about. my tongue still feels weird. it hurts, it burns sort of, and it feels like it has been scalded really really bad. i can't say i feel numbness though. any one else ever had numbness on their tongue? i still have it on the neck dissection side from them cutting my neck and under my chin and jaw. thats the only numbness on me. less you count between my ears some days......

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