Re: neurological foot pain

April 21, 2011

Kathy, Since they couldn't do the myleogram in the lumbar region, Dr. Rand

suggested having the dye injected in the neck. In the meantime, a nerve block

to S1 deadened the pain for a few months but also deadened a much larger area of

my foot, which in turn made it more difficult to walk which in turn, I think,

caused a bone spur to grow on the bottom of my big toe. Sometimes I have an

achy pain in my ankle or above the ankle or even on the outside of my knee. I

still have burning in both feet but I guess I could live with that forever if I

didn't have the pain in the toes. From the comments relayed to me by the

radiologist, I don't think Dr. Rand is going to address the pain originating at

S1. The most I'm hoping for is that he can say the fusion is solid and point me

to someone in Manhattan so I don't have to take such a financial hit when his

office cancels my appointment - which has happened two times in a row now.

--Beth

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> Hi Beth - Thank you so much for your prayers. I am oddly at peace with my

" not so good " news. I don't consider it " bad news " . Like R has said many

times...revision is not an exact science. At this point, a " fine tuning "

surgery is only a possibility...not a given. Since I've had a previous failed

fusion, the fact that my fusions appear to be solid is GREAT news. OK...enough

about me. Sorry I don't remember...do they know what is causing your

neurological foot pain? If so...is there anything that can be done about it?

If not...why not? I'm one of those people who just LOVE a good puzzle = ) I

get tenacious with the process of elimination...like figuring out my " creaking "

situation. I feel so thankful & fortunate that my pain levels continue to go

down since my revisions. I pray that you get the same reliief...SOON!!

Sincerely........................Kathy

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