Super interesting detail, thank you so much! :-)
You mention that for functional recovery, “it should happen quickly.”
I thought that this was the process that took 6-8 weeks on average.
I had a MD to decompress the nerve after only 8 days of acute pain accompanied with numbness and weakness in the leg. Basically, the neuropathic symptoms decided me to act quickly and get the decompression right away. I was really hoping that right after the surgery the feeling and strength would come back, but was disappointed, because though the pain went away immediately (and did flare up later on, but only because of residual inflammation, we think), the weakness and numbness is still very much present two weeks after.
My surgeon says to be patient, as “recovery” can take 6-8 weeks on average, up to 18 months. I’ve read this in many other places as well.
Now, you’re adding on a bit more detail to this- that the “budding” type of recovery takes 12-16 weeks; but how long does functional recovery take? (In other words, if my symptoms did not go away immediately, does that imply that my recovery may only be of the “budding” form?)
