Hello here is an update and a question also.I spent most of 2011 in numbness and pain . I started private manual physical therapy in summer 2011 and finished up to November it did help alot but 65$ for half hour sessions gets expensive, so my limit for private physical therapy insurance ran out .
Anyways I went back to see my surgeon in late November 2011,I had in my mind that I was fed up with pain and numbness and was not going to leave his office until he was going to help me .Even if I had to be dragged out by police!

First thing he told me was I can't do anything else for you i fixed the TOS he said ,you have other problems , I'll refer all your info back to your family physician. I told him I couldn't go on with the numbness and i needed help with it.
He then asked me , "did I give you nerve damage pills after surgery?"
I told him no and he told me we could try Lyrica ,but it will make you into a zombie, so lets forget about that.
I said no lets try it, how much worse can I get, he started me out on 25 mg 3 times a day for 2 weeks then 50mg 3 times a day for a month.
I seen him early Jan 2012 and he put me up to 100mg 3 times a day ,he didn't want to, again saying it was too much because of side effects. I told him the side effects are minimal compared to numbness and pain.
So far the pills have helped alot , but the past 2 weeks the numbness has come back .I am wondering and I say this with embarassment, I had been to see my other doctor for other reasons.
She gave me some viagra to try because I was having a few problems there, but since I have taken those 2 pills of viagra , the numbness and pain have come back, could it be the viagra irritating my system or maybe something physical I was doing or is it just a coincidence?
I am starting back my manual physical therapy tomorrow.
Any help or comments appreciated.
I've stopped the viagra anyways the past week but numbness is still around.