Are we being gaslit or just impatient?
I feel like we are being ignored and gaslit.
My husband had a micro discectomy 10 years ago resulting from the issues he was having in his left leg. At that time the surgeon said that in 10 years he would probably need to do a Fusion. Well 10 years came and went like it was nothing. He is currently having a lot of problems with his right leg, way worse than what he had when he had the discectomy.
Neurologist ordered the MRI and I have included a picture and the report. They say they want him to get a Nerve Conduction test, do physical therapy and get spinal shots before they do surgery, I get checking off the boxes for insurance purposes.
At our appointment for the surgeon we spoke to the surgeons nurse we told her that after 20 seconds of standing his foot goes numb and starts to crawl up his right leg. After 5 minutes his whole leg is on fire and he has to sit for a while for it to go away. He has experienced saddle numbness as well. She straight up told him that from what she sees, this pain should be in his left leg not the right one and was extremely rude about it. She stated that he should be able to work just fine without causing further nerve damage.
My uneducated guess would be that he can't feel his left leg because of the severe obliteration of "the left exit foramin....etc..".
He was let go from his last job because of these issues and not being able to keep up the pace. During his EMG (3 weeks ago) that Dr pointed out the muscle atrophy in his left foot and made several comments about him not being able to feel certain parts of his leg not to mention the signals in his legs were not good. We have reached out to his neurologist several times and she has not gotten back to us at all.
Some people say no news is good news but the way that his mobility is declining, we are obviously worried about permanent damage the longer this takes.