I'm sure many of you know my history. Morton's Neuroma...both feet. Surgery....still having foot pain....PN the logical conclusion. Seizure meds....BUT....the history behind my travels began almost three years ago...before the bunched up sock feeling in my feet. I went to go for a walk one night and I had foot drop.....it went away...but it was scary! I've had a bad back for many years. L3,L4, and L5...with a touch of S1. Used to be a runner. I found that arching made my back worse. But, I decided tonight...for some stupid reason to lie on the floor and arch my back. I didn't think anything of it, until, about three hours later the outside of my left leg...in the calf area started to throb and ache. I read about dermatomes and found that it was L5! I iced it...took some ibuprofen...and within three hours, it was gone! The bad back...the foot drop...the dermatome. Noticing that when I sit I have the burning foot pain...but when I get up and walk around, it isn't as bad. I'm seeing the neurologist tomorrow. I think it is coming together and the realization that after all the pills, surgery and going crazy...it just might be my bone spurring on my back and if that is the case....I have had a couple injections in the past, but if it has gotten bad enough to cause the calf pain and the foot pain and the original foot drop! I will do anything to relieve the dermatome pain! I hope I have finally found some direction in my fog! Has anyone else gone through a surgery that may, in fact, not even been the reason for my pain? OH...my name is Jack