New to group. I have peripheral neuropathy in both feet and posterior left leg due to L5 S1 disc rupture in 2010. Wear and tear due to heavy athletic background. Had a partial discectomy but the damage was already done to my sciatic nerve on left side. Actually heard/felt it rupture followed by “scalding water” going down the back of my leg. When they were in there they discovered a cyst on the right side nerve root at the same level. They decided to leave it since I had no right-side symptoms at the time (2010). Now the right foot is almost worse than the left, but no leg involvement on that side, just foot.
Also had an ACDF at C3 C4 prior to that, but no permanent damage.
Shoes and socks are my enemy, which is obviously a problem, lol.
Any advice? The ice-pick heel jabs, which result in labor-breathing to get through it, along with numbness, inability to feel heat/cold/water on bottom of feet, are impacting my ability to do shit. It just continues to get worse. At 56, I am quite concerned about mobility down the road. I’ve always been active. I have also had the same bruise on bottom of my left foot for at least a year, right in the middle. WTH?
Neurologist? Podiatrist? I refuse to go on gabapentin.