Hi BLG,
Welcome to the forum. I'm sorry you have seemingly permanant nerve damage from your disco. I had my first one in 1994. Though it didn't result in sciatica, I do have permanant nerve damage from the procedure - along the right edge of my right foot, partially numb, I have feeling but only about 20% of what it should be. Also have 2 'dead' spots - one on outside of thigh, about 4-5" diameter and another just below knee, about 3" in diam.
My 2nd disco resulted in about a 10% loss of feeling in my left shin area, 3 level ADR four years ago, left leg sustained a lot of nerve damage though my pain management doc feels it still may come around so the jury is still out.
I'm no where close to some others on this forum but from where I sit, I would say the nerve damage is probably permanant but I suppose there could also be an underlying reason too. Certainly it is worth investigating via MRI.
Good luck to you, Dale
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3 level Prodisc adr S1-L3, Oct 12, 2005
Dr. B in Bogen, Germany
Severe nerve damage in left leg, still working on it
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