I Like my Breast but Some Complications Have Made Me Regreat Surgery - West Palm Beach, FL

I just wanted to update my review incase anyone out there ever has the same problem I did. There is hope! After 10mo of having my foot completely paralysed I saw a tiny movement and was able to push down just a little with my foot. That was the beginning of getting better. After that, little by little, every month, I started to notice more and more Improvement. I still have absolutely no sensation but I'm able to move my foot right, left and push down and just recently I was able to pull up my foot. I still need a brace to walk and my leg looks a little smaller because the muscle has shrunk since I haven't used it in a very long time. My doctor and my physical therapist really do believe that within another year I'll be fully recovered. Im crossing my fingers and hoping I get some movement in my toes soon. I've also come a long way emotionally. Im glad I was able to overcome the horrible depression and sadness that took over me after the injury because honestly the emotional part of it was just as hard as the physical. That helped a lot. I pushing myself everyday to get better and to get my life back to normal and to do the things that I use to do. I started working out and even though it was very challenging at first I kept pushing myself. In the beginning, I never imagined how I could move on with my life and felt so overwhelmed and although some things are definitely different now, I've learned to live around it and found a new normal. I'm in a good place now and I'm happy and thankful to be alive. I had a friend of mine who's a nurospine surgeon and sees people who become paralyzed all the tell me "if the worst thing that happens to you in life is a drop foot consider yourself lucky" those words really sunk in and helped me look at things in a different light. He was right, this sucks, but it's not the worst and life goes on and soon I found plenty of new things in my life to be happy about.

Well its been 9 weeks since my surgery and my breast feel great and look great to me. My foot however is still paralyzed although the pain is no longer constant just zings every now and then throughout the day tangling and some burning I also have more areas where i can tell im being touched as oppose to not feeling anything at all prior to the 5 week mark. I really wish this nerve damage would of never happend because i really am happy with my breast results but its hard to be happy because i cant use my leg and it makes it difficult to go about my daily life and take care of my kids.

I went today for a second opinion. This nurologist says its a compression or stretch injury of the sciatic nerve. He did EMG and NCS again and says its a classic sciatic nerve injury not a lumbosacral plexus injury. Hes also thinks there is a mixture of axon damaged and nuropraxia and where the axon is damaged the axon will have to grow back at 1 MM a day scaitic nerve can grow a little faster 3 - 5 mm What does this mean?...... It could be a year or more and if it dosnt grow down to the muscle in 2 years then the chances of that muscle ever working again are very slim. He referred me to a peripheral nerve damage specialist at the University of Miami and im waiting to see when my appt is since he has a very long waiting list.