Hi everyone, this is my first post. I'm so glad I found this site; it's an amazing site and there is a TON of useful information here.

I've been diagnosed with lumbar radiculopathy, which for me manifests itself as burning on the tops of the legs as well as pain along the backs of my thighs. This only occurs when sitting. I've had two back surgeries, one a L4-S1 TLIF fusion in 10/2010, but it never fused. I just had a revision on 4/4/13 to change the hardware and to use BMP as the bone graft material to get a successful fusion.

My radiculopathy seems to be caused by prior compression of lumbar nerve roots, from bulging disks. These nerve roots were fully decompressed in late 2010. I'm currently taking 3,600 mg of Gabapentin daily, along with 50 mg of Nucynta when I experience a flare-up. (The Gabapentin only takes the edge off, from like a 6 down to a 4 or 5.) If it gets worse than that, I typically turn to 10/325 Norco. I've been on this level of Gabapentin for over 2 years.

I've had these nerve symptoms since mid 2009. After the first surgery, they were gone until week 5, and they then returned. They have never gone away since.

I'm concerned I may have permanent nerve damage. My latest NCV/EMG from a year ago said the following:

- There are L4-L5 radiculopathies on the left, with past (chronic) axonal damage.
- There is an L5 radiculopathy on the right, with past (chronic) axonal damage.
- There is no evidence of a large fiber sensory polyneuropathy in the legs.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions on things that might help (vitamins, supplements, other medications), that would be most appreciated. Thanks for reading my lengthy post! I'm glad I found this site!