question: I am a 39 year old male and I had tethered cord surgery in March of 2011. My symptoms were pain in my legs, buttocks, groin, back and feet with also having muscle spasms and weakness. My legs feel like I ran a marathon about one hour after I get out of bed. A cyst was also noticed from L4 to S2 but nothing was done to the cyst. I still have all the same symptoms and they are getting worse instead of better. I also take 1200 mg of gabapentin a day. Could this pain be from the cyst or is this what a tethered cord can leave a person with.