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Neuropathy: Numbness only, no pain
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Review your MRI's with a laminectomy specialist. The longer you allow the stenosis to prevail, the more likely you will have nerve damage where the stenosis aggravates the nerve. Once the nerve damage occurs, there is little recovery chance for the nerve.
I had similar problem and waited way too long, until I found a laminectomy specialist that performed a triple laminectomy to free up the nerve and clean out the stenosis debris. The surgery was simple...at an outpatient surgery center. That was about 3 years ago and the major issues of leg muscle atrophy and drop foot stopped. I continue to work on trying to encourage the nerve recovery to end the numbness and night tingling in my feet.
Good luck
Tom
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Hi, Tom (@tomkipp)
I read your post with special interest. I have sensory-motor PN: poor balance, and gait problems, but no pain. I do experience leg weakness and the trace of drop-foot I had some 15 years ago. You mention in your post that as a result of your triple laminectomy, your " … major issues of leg muscle atrophy and drop foot stopped." Reading that made my eyes pop! I have cervical stenosis, but the neurosurgeon pronounced it "borderline" (surgery was up to me) but warned that if I opted for surgery, the surgery might have no effect on my PN. But your post has me thinking. May I ask what sort of stenosis you had? The surgeon seemed to be of the opinion that my cervical discs were too remote from my lower body issues to be the PN villain. But now I'm wondering …
Ray (@ray666)