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You may recall I required back surgery at the end of April.
Essentially a disk between L4 and L5 herniated badly, crushing my sciatic nerve so bad I lost the elevation of my left foot.
I won't even repeat the pain it caused for over 7 months.
Well the good news is I no longer have any pain. The other good new's is that my back feels great.
I've spent a lot of time focusing in rehab. Specifically training only for mobility and recovery of the surrounding tissue.
The nerve was badly damaged unfortunately and one month ago a neurological consultant told me that my foot would likely never recover and the nerve was dead.
Well either way when you get hit in life we don't give in.
I'd done my own research and without them offering it I demanded a nerve conduction test.
So today they basically shot my with electricity at various trigger points and also stuck hypodermic needles attached to sound wave monitors.
Feed all the information into the computer.
Well the nerve is not dead.
It's firing the tibialis anterior but it's simply a very weak signal. Basically it's analogous to a water hose that's been crushed. The signal is getting through but it's too weak in flow at this point to fire the muscle with enough force to properly lift my foot.
But there is more responsive and controlled lift than there has been since it got shot, and all my sensation has returned to my lower left leg.
At this point I am very grateful for small blessings and will not be giving up.
Essentially a disk between L4 and L5 herniated badly, crushing my sciatic nerve so bad I lost the elevation of my left foot.
I won't even repeat the pain it caused for over 7 months.
Well the good news is I no longer have any pain. The other good new's is that my back feels great.
I've spent a lot of time focusing in rehab. Specifically training only for mobility and recovery of the surrounding tissue.
The nerve was badly damaged unfortunately and one month ago a neurological consultant told me that my foot would likely never recover and the nerve was dead.
Well either way when you get hit in life we don't give in.
I'd done my own research and without them offering it I demanded a nerve conduction test.
So today they basically shot my with electricity at various trigger points and also stuck hypodermic needles attached to sound wave monitors.
Feed all the information into the computer.
Well the nerve is not dead.
It's firing the tibialis anterior but it's simply a very weak signal. Basically it's analogous to a water hose that's been crushed. The signal is getting through but it's too weak in flow at this point to fire the muscle with enough force to properly lift my foot.
But there is more responsive and controlled lift than there has been since it got shot, and all my sensation has returned to my lower left leg.
At this point I am very grateful for small blessings and will not be giving up.
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