Thanks, Colin. I'm sorry you haven't seen real improvement with the decompression, but glad to hear things haven't gotten worse after 6 years. I'm hoping that will be the case with me, too! The increasing weakness in my left leg has started allowing my knee to buckle and I've fallen twice in the last week, with one straining the ligaments/tendons in the knee. They've given me some exercises to help strenghten the supporting leg muscles and I'm hopeful that will help in time, esp after the next surgery. Thanks for the reassuring post. I wish you well!