I had a total knee replacement 8 months ago on my left knee and I have had numbness on my foot ever since. I know that numbness on the side of the knee is normal after knee replacement but not the foot. I mentioned it to my doctor and he said it could get better in time, well here it is 8 months later and there is no chance. He sent me to have a nerve test done which revealed that I the nerve impulses were slow on my leg. The doctor than sent me to a pain management doctor who did an MRI which revealed that I have a bulged disk. However, prior to the surgery I was not having any problems regardless weather the bulge disk is there or not. She then had me go into the hospital and injected with a steroid shot on my spin and said if it was a pich nerve from the bulged disk, that should help relieve the pressure and the feeling on my foot should return. Well, two, weeks passes, and nothing. I went back for my follow up and she than informed me that the injection should have worked. She than tells me that now she believes what she thought all along, but wanted to make sure, that the nerve on my knee had been damaged during surger. She said that it might get better on its own but chances are that it might not. Now, I have pain all the time. And can’t go with out wearing shoes. I get cramps and the out side of my leg also hurts.
The numbness feels like a pressured a pressure cuff. Everyday I wait for it to wake up.
Does anyone know if there is any kind of surgery that can repair damaged nerves?