Dealing with Chronic Pain

by Nalani
(Bronx, New York)

Greetings Eloise,
My name is Nalani and I am dealing with a serious right foot chronic pain issue (left foot numbness) related to a childhood spinal surgery, for which an outpatient surgery (done in 2020), and then another major reconstructive surgery (done in 2021), was performed, supposedly, to address this chronic foot pain issue. I was informed I had a structural spinal issue--commonly called flat back--due to the childhood surgery, and that the foot pain was due to a pinched nerve in the spine area. Although, the structural issue was equally important, and I desired to correct that as well, it was the chronic foot pain, of course, that I sought to obtain relief from, and assumed the 2021 reconstructive surgery would address, however, it did not address it, and I've been suffering with this chronic pain for the past 4 going on 5 years and it's causing me a tremendous amount of AGONY! I need to find out whether or not a pinched nerve is the actual source of my pain, OR if the source is something else, and how to get relief and alleviate it. Are you able to help me determine whether the source/origin of my pain is truly a pinched nerve or if the source is something else?