Morgans wrote:

If you go too long with pain and numbness in your foot, or any other
part, even if the surgery is done and is successful, the pain and
numbness can become a permanent thing.

Thanks for that info. My numbness is erratic, and I can usually hold it at bay
with my exercises. I wondered at times if I was running some risks of damage
elsewhere.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.