Hope it turns out well of course. All I find is a low success rate for these surgeries in the literature.
I keep wondering what the mean time to failure is for these body parts. My feet have been numb for years, outside toes usually. Still go when I need and want to. The major malady seems to be ever present peroneal tendonitis. If aspirin or ibuprofen will kill you I’d be dead already. Likewise lack of complete sleep.
I agree.... there is lots of bad data. Because my problem I higher up in the lumbar it did not effect feet. Mine ran through thighs down to inside of knees. Also hips, and on occasion intestinal issues. I also had about a week of pain in the groin region. Yeah, that was not fun. In my case, because of bad muscle atrophy, it kinda became something that had to be done and not so much an elective. I elected not to for a few years.... thanks for the well wishes!