Hi Glen,

The last MRI that I had was of the hip and pelvic area. This MRI was done after my last spine surgery, and before the recent hip replacement.

It was ordered by the neurosurgeon that did the 2 spine surgeries after an appointment I had with him where I told him that the numbness, etc. still existed even after the 2nd spine surgery (the "re-exploration"), and the order he wrote mentioned lumbosacral plexus. The reading from that MRI said, basically, "no problems", and the neurosurgeon said the same thing when he looked at the MRI himself.

I haven't had an MRI of my spine after the last spine surgery (which was in April of this year).

This is the quandary that I'm in:

- I know that I have the numbness/tightness/intermittent burning (at least from after the 1st spine surgery/laminectomy, possibly before that)

- Neurosurgeon that did the 2 spine surgeries says spine, etc. looks good

- Neurologist who did a "partial" EMG (after last spine surgery) says that I have idiopathic PN, but wasn't able to tell me if it was from spine or some other cause(s).

And that was why I'm trying to figure out what to do/where to go next...

Thanks,
Jim