As I have shared in earlier posts I have had spine surgery on lower discs this past February. I still have a residual posterior disc bulge at L5 and until I strengthened my back it actually was able to cause bilateral sciatica. It took my body a long time to develop scar tissue. It developed somewhere between May and now.

The new MRI I had last month says that I have a posterior disc bulge. Superimposed upon this there is abnormal signal within the left lateral recess that diffusely enhances and is round like 9 mm. This compresses L5 nerve root which is focally thickened.

The reason I got the new MRI is because my bum has gone numb. I also feel numb onto of my knees and patchy on both thighs bilaterally. No pain and not below the knees. Feet are fine.

I also have hyperthyroid which is well controlled with low dose med and I feel ok and since mess have no other hyperthyroid symptoms. Before Mede I was loosing weight, anxiety and my hair was getting weak. Just went to spine doc to look at my scan and he said he sees no cause for my numbness fro my scan. My scan looks good. And my distribution is too broad and multiple nerves are involved. My question is this. Is it more probable that my numbness is caused from my spine or is my thyroid a possibility. After surgery I did have patches of numbness in both thighs that went away. This is the numbest I
have ever been, but it comes and goes. The distribution is primarily bum and back of thighs and top of knees.

Any thoughts or ideas? Thank you!!!