butch47

[Butch47]

Will I ever get the feeling back?  It's been 8 months since my 4th back surgery, after my fusion.
I still have little felling in rhe left side of my left leg, toes and foot. They had to fit me with a leg and foot brace because i kept tripping over things. I would trip over rugs,steps going both up and down. My wife has to put my shoes and socks on me. They say the feeling may or may not come back. I spent my 60th birthday at our camp by myself just because I just wanted to be left alone.
I was a hazmat trucker for 37 years, now i'm just a hasbeen on s.s.d.i.
butch47

[Butch47]

No, I don't use any pain medication other than celebrex once a day and 800mg IB as needed. the only time i have pain is when the weather changes, because of the steel rods & screws or when i do something stupid which i'm good at. Sorry about your stint in Nam, I got married fresh out of high school & they soon changed me to 3-A. They never called me, but I think about my friends all the time that did not come home and wonder why I stayed home. p.s. my wife is from Mexico N.Y.

[High Noon]

That sucks.
Obviously the docs felt that disc problems were causing the problems?
I am 57- had back problems starting from my stint in Vietnam, but really at age 45 when I (re)injured my back. A number of neurologists and orthopedists suggested surgery. I was extremely leery of this. A friend of my wife from childhood, an orthopedist, recommended I see spinal surgeon in NYC.
He examined me, had aditional MRI's done and said you don't need surgery- it will not help.
This Dorctor nows evaluates and fixes problems, mainly from previous surgeries.

If you can get to NYc and see him ( ithink he still is here) he may be able to help.
Dr. Paul Brisson.

I wish you better times. Have pain medications helped?