I've had fusion 4-5 and mechanical disc 3-4, after yrs of lamonectomys and microdiscectomys, its been over a year now,left keg still numb and I still get the whipping nerve pain,that's ok I'm expecting to have that for a ling time, but now I'm getting realky bad pain in my right leg, from top to bottom and just all round strange feelings, kind of like my left legs old feelings, can anyone else comment on this? Dies anyone know if this could b a lower disc perhaps going out from the pressure above
Hello tang,
Gee, my heart goes out to you. So many surgeries and yet no real relief. Having pain on both sides is not unusual and sometimes one side shows up before the other, however it is possible that discs down below may gecome damaged as well. Really the only way you can know is to have an X-ray done. Just because you think you feel pain at a certain level doesn't mean that is where the pain is coming from. The spinal column can be very tricky. You may be compensation on the other side of the spinal column due to pain and lost function on the other. You might try doing exercises the strengthen the small muscles along the spinal column and make sure they are working equally well. This in itself should give some relief of pain.