From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 10:17 AM To: mimi leese; Subject: Re: tell dad to bring you to new york. asap. =i will give you both an apt to stay in .. I know what it is like. <=r> On Wed, =ar 29, 2017 at 4:35 PM, mimi leese rote: Thank you. As I said, I do not have not had an MRI following the second op.=Once I do so I will forward it along with the first MRI I had. Best wishes, Mimi On 29 Mar 2017, at 20:53, jeffrey E. wrote: mimi, you are family. please=send mri early and latest. . backs are never easy.=C2 On Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 2:25 PM, mimi leese <mailto > wrote: Dear Geoffrey, My father ( Julian) suggested I email you with regards to the ongoing issue= with my back after you so kindly forwarded contact details of US lumbar s=ecialists. In the Summer of 2015, up until January of 2016, I suffered from chronic ba=k pain caused by a couple of horse riding falls, but no neural symptoms. 1= mid-january I had a tingling down the back of my thigh on my left leg whi=h brought on terrible sciatica. I did visit a physio therapist who confirmed that I had a slipped di=c, however, I was in the final year of university and tried to focus on my=studies. The sciatica did not subside and in March '16 I realised that=my leg was becoming increasingly numb and I had foot-drop. Towards the end of April '16, few other symptom= caused me to see another specialist who suggested I go to hospital immedi=tly since my neurological examination pointed to potential cauda equina. 1= hospital, an MRI confirmed that my L5/51 disc was badly prolapsed. Very soon after I had a micro-disectomy =AO at this level. A few days after the operation the sciatica and numbness persisted. Since t=e prolapse was pronounced my surgeon suggested that significant time was n=eded in order to allow the nerves to heal. In September '16, I had a s=eroid injection since the sciatica remained. The injection failed to work at all, therefore,