Thank you for responding and for giving me some hope. I am glad your surgery helped you. And thank you for telling me not to be intimidated by the doctors. I do expect too much of them. You are very lucky one of your doctors figured out your problem. How was your spinal compression identified? Was it by MRI or something else? I admire you for learning to live with the numbness and foot pain. I will try the B12 doses. But most of all, I will look for a new team of doctors. Thanks again for writing.