numbness and tingling in left leg and foot

B12 was checked but fine..

read lots of stuff..but still feel non wiser.

hopefully nerve tests will help, but no idea how long the appt will be.

Similar..

Alot of the time it feels like when youve had a needle at the dentist..

If touch foot its like hot pins & needles. Strange feeling...

Every few days it feels like whole foot has gone, only lasts a few minutes at a time.

Started aching quite a bit over last few days.

I cant imagine how youve coped for 10 years!

Just read your comments.    I am in the same boat -  tingling feet, lack of sensitivity, to the point I had to lean on a wall when out and about, until the feeling reappeared.   Gradually it began to affect the other foot.   A scan showed that one of my vertebra was leaning outwards and trapping the spinal column.    (I'd had chiropractic help for years because my back ached so much)   I eventually had to have a spinal operation or collapse in a heap if the lack of sensation hit both legs and feet at once.    Unfortunately the op was not totally successful.    It reduced the tingling in my feet a bit, but over the months it became worse .    Legs ached, feet tingled in bed, to the point where I wear a sock on one foot so I have no sensation of the other.    I learned very late in life that I had inherited a faulty gene from my grand-father - known as Charcott Marie Tooth (CMT) syndrome  from the 3 men who discovered in the late 19th century - or hereditary muscular sensory neuropathy.  I had no idea I was affected until the op triggered all the symptoms of the neuropathy.      The saddest thing of all is that I've passed it to my son.    He walked on his toes and I took him repeatedly to the GP, who said there's nothing wrong.   We  eventually had an appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon.   He prescribed night-splints and exercises.     There was no mention of CMT, which has manifest itself in my son in his twenties.

My experience is that very few GPs have heard of CMT.  I had to tell my GP and ask him to inform my son's doctor.   I wrote to the Neuroolgical specialist on the board of the NHS to ask if brief mention of this syndrome could be incorporated into GP training.   No reply !    Not only would it help diagnosis, but could potentially save a great deal of money from  Health Trust bugests.    

I hope a little of this is helpful to you and others.   The sad thing is that nothing can be done for the symptoms of CMT.  I was one of the lucky ones who weren't affected until my sixties.  

how did t happen at first?

How do you cope with the lack of feeling when walking on different types of surfaces? I started with numbness  that I could cope with but in the past three weeks it has worsened by becoming a lack of feeling that leaves me unbalanced at times and I had a bad fall last week.

Has hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy or Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease been sugested? I think that at 80 any hereditary diseases would have caught up with me long ago.

Sorry you are having problems.    I was fine untul an op on my spine didn't go to plan, left me with lack of balance.   That was six yer ago, and I have gradually becomer weaker in my legs and lack feeling. amd nerves banging away in my feel and lower legs at night..    Lo and behold I am carrying CMT, which my gradfather had.   No symptoms until  I was in my late 60s.  I undertand there is nothing that can be done for us.   I use a stick all the time now, and walk with the aid of walking poles in the village - which are useless in the town, but they do keep me more stable.    Battle on - and hope you can come to the same concuklson as me - at least I'm not 20 years old!