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Originally Posted by Aussie99
I don't know you but I will be praying for you on Wednesday. You have to put your trust in your neuro-surgeon and believe that your surgery will be a success. I too had spinal surgery 2 years ago. I had lost feeling in my left leg from knee down, it went ice cold. Then total motor control of foot. I was told that I was dragging my foot before surgery.
I have made an 85-90 percent recovery. I walk normally and wear normal foot wear. It took almost 16 months to fully recover though. My suspicion is that when the tumour is removed and swelling goes down you will have both return of feeling and motor function. It may take a bit of time to regain full function though as the body heals slower the older we are. But the body has an amazing way of healing itself given the right circumstances. I really wish you the best of luck.
Aussie
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Hi Aussie,
Thank you so much for those words of comfort, it makes me feel better about things and I know I have to be positive etc. and I will be. They did say there is a 5% chance of paralysis which is really quite low in the grand scheme of things. I can't wait for Wednesday because I can feel things are getting very slowly worse daily.
I will update when I can and thanks for replying. It is heartening to know that you still got improvement after such a long time so that gives me hope if things are not very good early on. I am 63 and know what you mean about the aging thing LOL.