I'm sorry you're still in pain. In any spinal surgery, surgeons are working around or moving aside nerve bundles within the spinal canal. Just moving them will cause some post-op pain/discomfort, short lived. If a nerve is permanently damaged though, well that probably needs to be addressed.

A good surgeon shouldn't be offended by questioning something he or she may have done. And if your pain has persisted this long, I agree with Jennifer and a current MRI should be in order. Maybe the surgeon nicked a nerve, maybe not. But chronic pain has a source and an MRI should reveal it. And maybe it's a good time to find a new surgeon.

All the best to you.

Joe