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Hi! It’s nice to read others comments on pain. I’ve lived with it for quite awhile but after aTKR last March and having complications and waking up from surgery with a drop foot. I received no help from Dr or explanation what happened. I did have previous laminectomy and finally a spinal fusion 3 years ago but only thing Dr said was you have bad back,neurosurgeon said back had nothing to do dropfoot. My pain is so bad it’s hard to wear shoes. When I try pain goes up in groin to back? Just recently had steroids shot but doesn’t last. I just wish I knew what happened and how to treat.
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Drop foot is one of the possible symptoms of neuropathy. I have to be careful to lift my feet going up stairs, or I catch my toe on the edge of the step. Same thing with carpet.
I have both small fiber and autonomic neuropathy. I'm still learning what that means. I started having numbness and pins and needles in my feet, up to my calves, but then the burning pain started a few years ago. Peripheral neuropathy is a complicated disease.
It sounds like you may have more than one thing going on. I hope you can talk with a good neurologist.
There are some discussions in the neuropathy group that might be helpful.
Jim
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Hello @kimi, and welcome to Connect. I had not heard of drop foot before, but is this information from Mayo Clinic what you are experiencing, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/foot-drop/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20372633? You mentioned this happened after your knee replacement. If you don't mind sharing, how did your recovery from the knee replacement go, other than the foot?