Here's the update I gave my family and co-workers in September. I kept having to go back on the Decadron steroid, because each time we weaned off of it, it would seem that the swelling around my spine returned because my legs would get weaker and quit working again. That cycle of constantly taking Decadron, which raises your blood sugar, would eventually push my system to its limits and tip me over the "pre-diabetic" cliff into full diabetes.
"I'm apparently going to be stuck at home a while longer while my nerves
heal to fully restore all the feeling in my feet. The doc says this will
just take time. Nerves regenerate verrry slowly compared to other kinds
of tissue. In fact the nerves in my abdomen that were damaged during
the Aug. 5 surgery (more than a month ago) have just begun to repair
enough to restore feeling to the skin of my stomach (so I can now begin
to feel all the black and purple bruises my daily anti-coagulant injections give me
LOL). Yesterday's scans showed no change in the fractured vertebra so it
has not compressed any further; this stability is a good thing, but it
still has more healing and strengthening to do. I will have repeat scans
in 4 more weeks, and the surgeon still feels that more surgery in this
area of my back would be extremely difficult and risky, and only looked
at as a last resort. In the meantime I will continue to work hard at
physical therapy to rebuild the strength and stamina of my legs as much as I
can, and maybe that stimulation is also beneficial to my feet."
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