I have cervical issues and damage,I experience left leg and left finger numbness and weakness.Today I actually have a bad flare up of the numbness,weakness. It seems to be as Dubious said cervical. I don't want to scare you anymore than you are,but possible an error occurred? It doesn't make sense waking up with totally different issue.I had C5\6 disc fusion and have a small herniation at C6\7,and along with other cervical issues. Keep posted on how you feel..lots of ice!! Start with ice on your neck possibly and see if the numbness is affected by that. May give an idea.My prayers are with you Litezoner!!

my docs are all telling me inflamed nerves because of the long surgery and the fact that i currently weigh 300 lbs, not a good thing to be supported on the back table that long with bars across my chest and hip area which now have very hard tissue masses under the skin? I woke up with severe skin damage and blisters all over my chest and arms along with burns on my arm I believe from the cauterizer and my arms not being properly positioned or supported correctly, (really not sure) I want to start on some kind of NSAID medication, but I am not sure if or how long the Lovenox stays in the body, they did not refill it so i have to assume they do not want me on it anymore, but of course I don't assume anything, I have an email into my doc to be sure. I do consider the surgery a success since i no longer have the issues with my legs burning and not wanting to work, but dammit, it is just absolutely unimaginable to me that I go in with poor legs and come out with useless hands and arms. Very tough to wrap my head around. I have to take percocet because of the hands, but have absolutely no pain related to the surgical area any more. Guess im sending someone to buy me an ice machine LOL. cheers, and this too will come to pass.

any ideas on how to treat the compressed nerves that are causing my hands to burn really bad, they are really bad at night. BTW, I am Shari's husband and have been writing all this time, because she cannot use her hand at all. the pain was unbearable last night, we did not get hardly a couple hours sleep probably, I have tried ice, cold rags, tiger balm, not sure what to try now??? any and all suggestions are welcome. I know these nerves are deep in behind the collar bone i believe, Just not sure on how to attack it tonight so she can get some kind of relief? Watching my normally bullet proof wife cry at night is killing me! she is usually the strong one, so this is extremely difficult on both of us.
Thank you

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