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Posted by Zoe on March 1, 2018, 5:08 pmUser logged in as post
sorry for not posting sooner but been tired and stressed. Finally finished radiation...and not one minute too soon. Something must have shifted in my back. With L-3 totally gone the tumor must have moved because now I neuropathy in the lower part of my thigh in front on the left leg and the lower part of my thigh in back on the right leg. I get nerve tingling and shooting pain in both spots. L-3 spinal nerves are those that go to the lower part of you thigh - quads and hamstrings.
BUT I no longer has back spasms or really any pain in the lower part of my spine. I have 3 spots that are tender to touch but no real bone pain and that is a miracle. I do have new bone pain in my left hip but it is only a 2 or 3. When I sit there isn't any pain at all but if I walk more then 20 feet the the pain increases to a 2 or 3 and if I go very far - like a hallway at the VA it goes as high as a 6. Oxycodone helps greatly to control this pain and I can live with it. This is far better then I ever expected to happen.
Don't ya just love my little miracle? I sure do.
take GOoD care
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