@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.