My 2001 ELS story
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 5:17 am
I had lumbar sympathectomy in 2001 in England. Two large incisions were made across my stomach and relevent nerves cut.
Since the operation my left foot has always been ridiculously dry (e.g. after a 60 minute treadmill workout there is still next-to-no sweat). Soon after the operation I realised the left side of my right foot would still sweat. Over the past fourteen years I have seen a slow and minor increase in sweating on my right foot, i.e. a bit of the sweating seems to have returned. The only thing I can think is that there has been some nerve development i.e. regrowth or nerves finding new pathways. As someone who has been through horrendous side-effects since 2002 (and I regret the operations every single day of my life) I am delighted with this apparent bit of nerve regrowth, and only wish that it would happen on a much larger scale!
Since the operation my left foot has always been ridiculously dry (e.g. after a 60 minute treadmill workout there is still next-to-no sweat). Soon after the operation I realised the left side of my right foot would still sweat. Over the past fourteen years I have seen a slow and minor increase in sweating on my right foot, i.e. a bit of the sweating seems to have returned. The only thing I can think is that there has been some nerve development i.e. regrowth or nerves finding new pathways. As someone who has been through horrendous side-effects since 2002 (and I regret the operations every single day of my life) I am delighted with this apparent bit of nerve regrowth, and only wish that it would happen on a much larger scale!