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@ccchang
Cori, I am so sorry to hear that you are not doing as well as you could be. I hope your upcoming MRI will shed some light. 🙏
If I sit too long, my back will get sore (usually the next day) but it's nothing like the chronic pain I use to have. I need to do what my husband suggests--set the timer to remind me to get up and walk around.
Last month, I transitioned from ice to heat since I was feeling so good, but I went back to ice, as for some reason my back was feeling sore more often than previously. It takes a long time for these backs to heal!!
You may have noticed, in my note to Martie, that the pre-surgery numbness and tingling I had in my right calf and foot are still with me. My surgeon said all my pinched nerves are free. But it takes a long time to recover and sometimes they never do.
My Pain Management doc said we're talking years not months. I am taking the same drugs I mentioned early on--all for nerve issues. (Pregabalin, Duloxetine and Low Dose Naltrexone)
Best Wishes!
Nadine
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@nlback22 Nadine! So good to hear from you. I'd been thinking to contact you to ask how you're doing. I'm so glad that your chronic pain is less. Do you have a heating pad? I love it. I use it before bed, while my husband and I are watching tv, I do my PT exercises on it. You might also try red light therapy. I haven't yet but hear good things about it. In the back of my mind, I keep thinking about contacting and applying for Mayo but as you can imagine, since the first one didn't take, am hesitant about getting another surgery. Would've loved to see your doc, but he's too far away. Are you able to drive with your foot numbness? I've had to stop since July which saddens me and is very inconvenient. So even though I've heard that I need to be patient (in case my nerves are regenerating), I'm nervous because what if they're not. I don't want my nerves to die and be beyond repair.