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@marcd2k It's ok, thanks for the help/sugestions. The problem with my Neuropathy (if that's what it truly is), is that it's the result of the surgeon severing the nerve. While my leg remains numb and Jell-O like, the pain I am experiencing is solely in my foot and the pulsating jolts (not spasms, which is why I think the muscle relaxers are not working), I am experiencing I believe are the nerve(s) regrowing, a possible form of plasticity. I'm no doctor of course.
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@insanepain So you surgery was in Aug 2025 and you believe your nerves are regrowing now? And that's what's causing your pain? Just asking because I had spine surgery in Sept 2025 and still have lower back pain and much numbness along back of thigh, calf and whole foot. I would really love for my nerves to be regrowing but I cannot tell if they are. Do you feel that your nerves are better (regrowing) post-surgery?
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@insanepain That does make sense it would be nerve related for the symptoms you have. This is something I believe is going on with my medical issue.
On my right side, the "love handle" area is the best way to describe where this is, has been numb for three years. This starts in the obliques, goes around my right hip, and ends in my right flank. A good 8 inches around, and 2 to 3 inches from top to bottom of the numb area. I also get jolts in my side on top of the cramping I have all day.
I did EMG and Nerve Conductivity tests last year, and they confirmed there is Denervation from the T12-L1 area that goes around my right side. They call this Radiculopathy, with the pain and symptoms circling around my right side.
Unfortunately, I have had three epidurals in the past 2 1/2 years, with the first two doing absolutely nothing (not better, but not worse), and the third one back in February this year, making it worse. There was a lot of pain during the epidural, which I did not experience with the first two, and 48-hours after, I was in more pain than before the epidural. This has continued until today, with more pain and cramping than I have had before.
I don't understand how the literal top physicians in my city, at every major hospital we have, (I've been to them all), have no idea what this could be. I cannot be the only person in the world this has, or is, happening to.