Thank you Rosie33, that's interesting that it helped resolve the leg pain...

we're still on the quest of finding more info.. but he went back for another consult today (and I'm only getting brief phone call updates). The doc this time shot some lidocaine near the ankle and apparently that was enough to tell him the surgery would work and that instead of 4 sites on one leg requiring surgery it would now just be two sites.

Sketchy.

The more I read, the more I keep seeing this "study says 80%-90% of patients get relief"... too bad I can't find one.

He also gets frequent neck zingers, and sometimes tingling in one shoulder (which to me sounds like a pinched area), but this doc apparently told him that had absolutely nothing to do with the feet. I am suspicious of not investigating the whole body, but I'm also not a doc...

He may very well be scheduling the surgery shortly so I'll definitely follow up with this..