These last few months have been very challenging. I initially aggravated things at the gym in early November before my last video. I tried to stay active but things got worse again in December and I was unable to wear my regular shoes again (crocs are lifesavers!). Lots of numbness, tingling, burning, and pain in both legs/feet.
Then in January my back became painful and very stiff, preventing me from doing some of my regular activities. It all culminated in a ER visit in early January - a back CT was normal but I was placed on a short course of steroids to calm things down and also restarted on Neurontin (gabapentin). My surgeon ordered an MRI which I did in mid-January and it showed a good fusion with no areas of concern.
Thankfully, I have been improving the last few weeks. I am wearing normal shoes to work again and am slowly building up my walking (I was doing 11-12K steps/day by last October, then down to 4-5K recently when things were bad - now I am around 7-8K and working back up). My leg/feet symptoms are better but not back to baseline. My back also seems less stiff and painful. Hopefully this will continue!
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