Question: I had spinal fusion surgery on August 15th, 2012, and had to have a second operation because a screw became dislodged. I still have the original pain in my butt and have acute tingling in both lower legs. Is this normal? My GP has checked my lungs and they are clear; my last EKG was normal. My podiatrist has checked me because I have a bunion and a hammer toe on my right foot. I also had three left butt surgeries during 2012 to remove large lipomas (which after the 1st surgery turned into a small basketball sized seroma). I am tired of being in pain. What do you suggest?

Let me try again. In Oct.2010, I had an MRI on my left buttock and thigh which revealed a tumor (they thought malignant). Went to XXXXXXX and it turned out to be a neurofibroma. Several doctors told me to leave it alone. Still had pain - went to the first surgeon who removed the lipoma mass and the seroma and still had pain.
Went for 3 epidurals - no relief. Then came the back surgeries. Still have pain.
Tried physical therapy where they pushed a hard plastic ball into my butt to break up scar tissue. I couldn't walk for two days. Am now heading for a shot in the sacroiliac joint. I'm winded; walk without pain a minimum amount of time; take no pain meds because I can't take narcotics and I have other "old woman" issues.
My legs from the knee down both feel numb and tingly. I had a CT scan after surgery as well as a MRI on my leg. The CT scan showed the dislodged screw and the MRI showed no change in the neurofibroma. I realize that I have been sedentary for over a year and I am trying to at least walk slowly on a treadmill for 10 minutes a day. I get exhausted easily and never have been a person who exercises. The MRI in the very beginning showed stenosis. In the words of my
surgeon: "your back is a mess".