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Originally Posted by Aussie99
Hello,
I am from thre PN forum but I have just had spine surgery. L3-L4 & L4-L5.
I need a bit of help with below dilemna. I have foot drop in left foot. I had foot drop for less than 3 days before my operation.
This is my 3rd day home from hospital. This is now 6 days post-op. I still have foot drop. My concern is that since leaving hospital I have leg pain like sciatica in my bad leg. The surgeon thinks that the nerve was traumatised so it will continue to hurt. Since this is my 2nd discectomy at the same level, I remember the first one eleviated ALL leg pain. I know every surgery is different, but my concern is that something might still be pressing on nerve and if so my foot won't have a chance to heal.
The surgeon swares he got all the protruding disc material out and this is normal. I just don't understand enough I guess andI don't know what I should do now.
Anyone gone through this, or any thoughts would be appreciated. BTW dad has had 4 back surgeries and says no leg pain should be present.
Thank you,
Aussie
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I have had five lumbar surgeries and each one at least involved L5-S1. Each surgery became more invassive and post op neuropathy increased. I now live with it full time. My lumbar is now all cages and rods. The spinal surgeon who has been doing the work since 2000 told me straight up that he could stablize my spine but wouldn't dream of saying that the pain level would decrease. He also said it could increase.
If it was a real invassive surgery with multiple levels, the nerve could be pretty angry for a while. I wouldn't blame it. I would be more concerned about the foot drop. Best wishes.
