Hello all:
I have not posted in a while and am not sure this is the right place to do so. I had surgery for spinal stenosis with fusion in L4-L5 region in June of this year. The surgery itself was a success and no back pain or sciatica afterwards. However a week or two later I started feeling a pain running down the leg where I had sciatica. It is different than the sciatica pain; almost feels like bone pain. My surgeon said it could be nerve regeneration after having been compressed for so long. I am in my third week of twice a week physical therapy. I don’t feel much difference yet but maybe it is too early.
My surgeon is going to follow me more closely but didn’t say how long it will take for the pain to subside.
Has anyone experienced this condition and what was the outcome? Thanks for any and all responses.