More surgery now a possibility.
Because Marina's left leg pain and weakness continues pretty much without interruption--sometimes sharp pain, sometimes major aching--there are now three possibilities, depending on the outcome of the nerve sedation test on April 8th.

In this test, the nerve is chemically blocked with an injection (lidocaine?).

1. If the pain is reduced, and does not come back when the sedative wears off, that is the best possible news.

2. If the pain is reduced, but does come back when the sedative wears off, this is an indicator that further surgery may be required on the nerve itself.

3. If the pain is not reduced by the injection, then it may be something else entirely, and it is back to the drawing board (and possibly to the Pain Clinic, not for a cure but simply to try to reduce the pain).

Marina is doing more and more, through the pain, and I find it both heroic and very sad to see. We walk nearly a mile every day, a little more each day. Last week, she went with our visiting daughter, Tanya, and Tanya's children to the weekly circle dance event, and actually danced four dances, including one that moves briskly (Alpha's Dance) before going home.

So we wait, and see, and hope for the best from the nerve test on April 8th, which I'll report here as soon as something is known.

Thanks for checking in.