[Maria]

Hey Judy,
sorry to read about this. Do you have cauda equina going on by any chance? I'm wondering why the MRI isn't being done sooner given the fact that you're reporting fecal incontinence. One the things I was always told after spine surgery or with spinal insult/injury is to report incontinence of bowel and bladder immediately for the window period of recovery.

To me footdrop as long as I can manage walking with that extremity would also not be as upsetting as the fecal or urinary incontinence. I too hope in your case or anybody's for that matter that it's not going to be a permanent thing.

Yeah spine related stuff is just such a royal ass pain literally and then pain isn't even the worst of it although it just is really really rotten to live to have deal with at any age!

Wishing you the best and hope things can be worked out to stop the incontinence prob ASAP (tho I still think addressing it ASAP might help).