
Originally Posted by
Tina_R
Louise, I'm going through a similar thing with neurological problems developing after surgery. I've posted about this before. I had fusion surgery in 2019. Nearly all of my back is fused. I had some pain and numbness on my back immediately afterward and they have seemingly spread and increased since. In fact a lot of things have developed since. An exquisite variety of pain, numbness, pins and needles, tingling, tightness, stiffness, weird sensations of all kinds, gait problems.
It's been a dilemma for me because several spine surgeons looked at my radiology and say there's nothing wrong with the spine, therefore it has to be neurological. Two neurologists did EMG tests and blood tests and were unimpressed with the results (too normal) and don't have a clue.
Like you, I am worrying that nerve damage can be permanent if left too long without being fixed. So I feel as though I have a time limit to get this solved and I feel pressured to find a cause soon.
I'm curious, what developed for you after several years? Just the leg numbness? Did you have the back numbness from the day you came out of surgery?