also protest. I will dig up and PM you some info about this issue. When I'd had my cancer surgery [being all sort of informed as I could have been] I deliberately asked the Cancer surgeon and plastic surgeon to sever those nerves- numb they are. To be candid, my legs and arms are totally to partially numb [with total to 20% loss in sensory feel- what feeling I have is distorted, and truly not normal in any sense of the word]. Having read about others who have had similar surgeries as mine, I did not want extra 'zeeps and zaps' [as I call them] of nerves healing in an especially sensitive place? Call me chicken...I admit it. Also, if anyone tells you that you can't 'feel' an implant? Ask them if they have one! I know I have a 'not natural' aspect with it, and am aware of it constantly.
As for my decision regarding implant or not? It was purely practical. I knew I was beginning to acquire a habit of 'listing' to compensate. Since my balance was, and still is, precarious enough- it was the most pragmatic solution. Further I feel that as long as I continue immune therapy for my neuropathy condition, that any normal expected side effects would be mitigated. Should that therapy cease tho, I expect new and less fun immune complications to develop.
One key thing to consider, and this I did prior to my implant surgery is really, truly check with your insurance plan to see if any 'immune' issues, should they develop are going to be covered. This is key if your surgery is 'elective' or not.. I have to think that should a person develop such issues and they aren't covered by insurance well, you could be up a creek! This is insurance company's way 'out' for either elective or experimental surgeries or therapies...and they gotta know something we do not if that's the case. I always expect the worst and hope for the best in all and everything. I wish it were different for sure! 's - j