No parathesia. My lower back is decimated. Anything that could be wrong I have. I’ve had sciatica in both legs. Surgeries were successful in alleviating most of that. But I continued to have acute pain across the lower back, hip to hip. Intense pain in my left hip that wrapped around towards the front of my thigh to my knee, to the ankle.
As I said, the stimulator wiped out at minimum 80%.
I’m also convinced physical therapy is a must. I spend an hour 4 days a week doing PT to strengthen my core, my legs, as my knees are arthritic with torn meniscus’s and my left hip is arthritic with a few spurs.
Right hip was replaced in Nov. 2022. Both shoulders are arthritic with very bad years of the rotator cuff’s. I also do yoga once a week.
The surgery is pretty much easy peasy. Post op pain isn’t that bad. After 2 weeks you’ll be ready for pretty much anything.
4-6 weeks you’ll be doing great.