I'm dealing with the same thing--I woke up from surgery numbness in my foot on the side that the surgery happened, plus limited movement in my big toe and excruciating lower back pain that I had to beg for a hot compress for. At my post op, the doc just said, "oh that's unusual" and said he'd see how it was at the 30 day. At that appointment the numbness and lack of movement wasn't any better, and they tried to blame it on my chemo 2 years prior. They called in the spine specialist and did an MRI, and then did a spinal steriod injection that made the problem with my foot worse, and inflamed the back issues that were getting better. I finally begged her to do the EMG; but they say everything is firing normally. I'm now being referred to an actual neurologist. I hope they figure something out because it's affecting my balance and my sleep. My oncologist prescribed gabapentin which helps with the cramping, but still can't feel my foot.
No one warned me this was even a possibility, and the orthopedic doctor still claims it is not his fault and was not caused by the surgery. The pain I'm dealing with is even worse than the pain prior to surgery. If anyone knows a good malpractice lawyer I'm taking referrals!

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