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From: mimi leese < Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 6:25 PM To: [email protected] Dear Geoffrey, My father ( Julian) suggested I email you with regards to the ongoing issue= with my back after you so kindly forwarded contact details of US lumbar s=ecialists. In the Summer of 2015, up until January of 2016, I suffered from chronic ba=k pain caused by a couple of horse riding falls, but no neural symptoms. 1= mid-january I had a tingling down the back of my thigh on my left leg whi=h brought on terrible sciatica. I did visit a physio therapist who confir=ed that I had a slipped disc, however, I was in the final year of universi=y and tried to focus on my studies. The sciatica did not subside and in Ma=ch '16 I realised that my leg was becoming increasingly numb and I had foo=-drop. Towards the end of April '16, few other symptoms caused me to see =nother specialist who suggested I go to hospital immediatly since my neuro=ogical examination pointed to potential cauda equina. In hospital, an MRI =confirmed that my 15/51 disc was badly prolapsed. Very soon after I had a =micro- disectomy at this level. A few days after the operation the sciatica and numbness persisted. Since tre prolapse was pronounced my surgeon suggested that significant time was n=eded in order to allow the nerves to heal. In September '16, I had a stero=d injection since the sciatica remained. The injection failed to work at a=l, therefore, my surgeon decided to go ahead with a second MRI. The MRI sh=wed that there was some scar tissue at the LS/S1 level and possible re-her=iation. He considered fusion, however, the 14/15 level looked weak (- he d=d consider whether this disc may also be contributing to the sciatica). In November '16 I received an extended decompression at the L5/51 and 14/5 =evel. Following the operation, the sciatica returned 2 weeks later and has=since persisted until now. I am yet to have an MRI following the most rec=nt operation. I hope this medical saga all makes sense! I know you have been a good frien= of daddy's for many years and I am very grateful for your advice. Many thanks, Mimi Leese =?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/Propertylist-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-idgkey> <integer>49265</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1490811925</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195717</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>6</integer> EFTA_R1_01899959 EFTA02655125 <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>remote-id</key> <string>699983</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01899960 EFTA02655126