Is there anyone suffering from nerve damage from l5 s1 fusion?

Posted by vraesolo68 @vraesolo68, Sep 11, 2025

Is there anyone suffering from permanent nerve damage on the right leg after l5 s1 fusion. I had emergency surgery on my l5 and s1 because I couldn’t feel my toes on my right foot as well as my ankle. I went from the emergency to see the neurosurgeon and then to the Operating room all with an hour half from the visit from the ER. This took place October of 2023. I continued to have pain still a few months after. In February of 2024 the neurosurgeon went back in and did the fusion this time. She did not do it the first time. She repaired the bulging disk first which didn’t work that well. I still have numbness in my toes as well as my ankle. I later find out that because there was pressure on that nerve for so long it caused damage before I had the first surgery. I now have violent and painful muscle spasms in my right calf and thigh as well as my ankle. I am seeing a pain management doctor. I am currently taking Mobic and muscle relaxers. Next he wants to do and injection. I am also using lidocaine patches. If all else fails we are looking into doing a nerve stimulator. I have given birth 3 times with no drugs. I have had kidney stones. These muscles spasms are the worst pain I have felt in my life.

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I to have been through hell after my fusion surgery. 3 years of this and they are just now doing the tests I have needed, milogram and nerve test.

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