Weak Legs ... Bugger!!!

[BanditsHigh]

For the past year I've had issues with my strength sapping very quickly, and it's got worse over the last month or so, partly due to having cellulitis in both legs and a two week stint in hospital.

If I walk then within about 10 yards I feel drained, if I sweep a small room then I'll need to sit down, putting 2 or 3 screws into the floor yesterday (using a drill) I had to sit down ... it's getting ridiculous, will need to talk to doctor to try and find out what the feck is going on.


Anyhoo, that's the preamble ... the reason for the post ... I only dropped the feckin bike this morning (GSX1400), on the way to the hospital


Stopped at a roundabout for car passing by, but the way I stopped put me off balance .. foot straight down as bike started tipping and caught her at about 50 degrees ... but no strength to get her back up.

I held her up for about 20-25 seconds and then just fell onto the road as all my strength just drained away ... couldn't even get myself up I was that drained.

Thankfully 3 motorists behind me got out, not only helping me up but also lifting the bike up

Got to hospital appointment, got dressings done on my legs ... they then took my blood pressure because they said I looked ill ... 84/53 or something like that ... cue another 2.5 hours in medical assessment unit so they could check me over (eventually gave me the okay to go home).

I think they thought I'd had a dizzy turn, even though I explained on multiple occasions what had happened.

I hate getting old

[Easy-X]

Hmm... it was only the one leg I had cellulitis but I generally found it helped a lot getting out of the house once I started recovering. I went to the pub

I would have thought if your legs were weak (e.g. muscle wastage) then just the legs would get tired not the rest of you
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[BanditsHigh]

Not just the legs, whole being gets drained of energy ... but it's the legs which were holding the bike up

I couldn't get off the ground to begin with as I was just drained of energy, in fact the two guys basically lifted me up by the arms.

This was happening way before the cellulitis, but it hasn't helped

[defblade]

Are you on statins? Muscle weakness is a common side effect.
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[hellkat]

Did they ask you about intermittent claudication? Which is a dodgy-heart thing when you can't walk very far and have to rest often (but conversely is worsened by lack of exercise )

I'm pretty sure they would have checked you for all things vascular, if you had told them you once died before, and particularly if you mentioned that you were having increasing trouble walking any kind of distance.

But maybe you should just ... ask again.
Quite soon, given your previous clogs-popping form.
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[dave001]

have you had any back problems or sciatica ?

posible week ness from lack of use mussel atropy if you was layed up from from celutiotus

like some else has said statins can cause same of your on em

diabetise cans cause leg weakness buit i shaw if you had that you would know


iv got scoliosis spinal curviture.wonky back and have had weeknes from nearvs in back on and off somme times

was on crutchs for 6mounths after triping over in garden and wrecking my left knee last april

tore the maniscus/cartarage quad tendon and quad musle
im stil limping about bit nearly back to normal

[Nobby the Bastard]

FFS, we really need a translator.
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[dave001]

[BanditsHigh]

Thanks for all the suggestions and the questions everyone ...

I've mentioned to heart, vascular, dermatology (long shot), basically anyone that'll listen about what is going on ... not much help

No diabetes or back problems ... intermittent claudication (sounds fancy), I'd say no as it doesn't really get painful ... it's just all the energy drains away is the best I can describe it!

I used to be able to dead lift a GSX1400 engine onto a workbench, I'd be lucky to lift a cylinder head now ... yes I'm older, but his is just ridiculous!!

The heart people thought it was my ICD tickover (as I call it) which was 40, so they upped it to 55 ... but I'd said it didn't feel like it was my heart (or breathing) which was the issue ... made no difference.

Statins, yes I've known about these things for years, had an aunt and a friends father who took simvastatin (I think that's the one) ... a few months in and they had difficulty walking.

I've been on atorvastatin since the old heart stopping thing (9/1/22) ... I started walking (shudder) and did around 4 or 5 miles a day, went from taking 30 minutes to walk a mile down to 18 minutes ... then around April and over a period of around two weeks is when the walking/energy problems started, meaning I stopped walking which has probably worsened the outcome!

Due to my most recent health issues and the fact it's getting worse and seemingly faster, I'm really going to start pushing for an answer ... I should've been doing that a year ago!!

I thought I maybe it was kidney related after this recent 50% drop in kidney function, but there has been no real change in the base line over the last five years ... consultant showed me a graph and you can see the massive spike at the beginning of this latest crap in January ... back to base level now!

One thing I did find was MYOSITIS, which can result in weak/painful muscles and is caused by problems with the immune system ........ oh, hold on, that's exactly what I've been diagnosed with, specifically ANCA related vasculitis (stupid immune system)

So, doctors here I come

I view everything which is happening at the moment as just a small issue in general ... everything compared to being dead is

All the best ... Barry

P.S. Dave001 ... I'm a bit pathetic myself

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[dave001]

[Ste]

Why not use a normal browser that has a normal spell checker and then you can post normally?

Dyslexia and laziness are two very different things. Take a few extra seconds to correct your spelling when you write a post rather than just clicking post and leaving it to everyone else to decipher.

[BanditsHigh]

[Easy-X]

With all due respect... maybe time to buy a smaller bike?
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[BanditsHigh]

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[hellkat]

[BanditsHigh]

[Easy-X]

You could get a smart watch with health metrics. With calibration my Samsung can do body fat estimates, blood pressure, heart rate, arrhythmia, blood oxygen levels, probably more. Get some immediate numbers just as your energy's fading.
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