@ccchang yes I had numbness, yes, I had a lot of itching. What I learned from having my spine compressed by discs falling out and vertebrae‘s compressing onto the nerves is that you can have burning numbness, tingling itching, and the very from location to location. The neurosurgeon I was with for 18 years, would’ve never done my first lumbar surgery therefore, my lumbar nerves were crushed to their death. they could only grow back dysfunctional. I went right into surgery when I was referred to my orthopedic surgeon who I selected to do my surgery. It had been way too long and my nerves crushed way too completely to expect complete return. However, the surgery was wildly successful. It takes up to 10 years to figure out if your nerves are going to regenerate I am on year six or seven and periodically. I have some new success so it really can take a long time. I wouldn’t take any of it back because I can get out of bed and I can work and I can live an independent life. What’s a little nerve pain?! However, I will say I’m onto something new after six or seven years, and that is extra iron and B12 in my diet after already having extra nutrients. I am realizing the iron is actually rebuilding the nerve sheets, myelin. So after seven years, I’m having some good healing with my nerves! Never give up and always keep reaching out, looking for opportunities, trying new things and talking to people. Since I suffer with degenerative disc condition, it goes from my neck through my mid back through my lumbar down my spine so the possibility of neuropathy and radiculopathy can be a variety of places. Mostly for me it was down my left leg bilaterally in my sacral joint areas and between my shoulder blades and shoulders.

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Although I do still have some discomfort, more like a slight burning, it is nothing like I once had. After receiving the news from my spine doctor that I had inoperable degenerative disc disease, I was devastated. Through an organization that I am a member, I attended a lecture by a chiropractor regarding several types of chronic, inoperable conditions. After the lecture, I decided to sign up for a lengthy series of treatments and spent several years under his care. It was a long, expensive series of treatments. At times, I thought I was going backwards and then there was improvement. Dr. Joe brought me out of two years of hell. I still go to him for maintenance. However, since finding a neurological PT, and using a chirp ball along with home exercises, I rarely see Dr. Joe. Still, without his help, I am not sure how much pain I could have tolerated. He literally saved my life!