Re: nerve pain, burning, tingling after lap
From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Mar 31 19:46:41 2004
Hi Melissa,
I wrote several weeks ago about my leg pain. My neurologist said that I
also had a pinched nerve caused from my surgery. I was dx with having
Meralgia Paresthetic. The nerve can also be damage by position too.
Several of my doctors told me that the nerve was probably damaged by
being in the stirrups too long. This nerve also can be pinched by being
over weight, pregancy or wearing clothing too tight.
It has been over three months from my surgery and the numbness and pain
are not as bad. I hope your pain is not as mine pain was. I also have
other pain in my leg that doctors can't figure out. One said it could
be bursitis and/or lumbar radiculopathy. I'm going to try swimming to
see if that will help. I see the doctor again in two weeks.
--
Lisa
At Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Melissa wrote:
>
>Just as a note to some of you who replied to my earlier message about
>the burning, tingling pain in my leg after surgery:
>
>I got some terrific info from an MD friend of mine, who is an oncologist
>and deals with neuropathy often. He said it sounded like some
>peripheral nerves in the abdominal wall were damaged during my
>procedure, and that doesn't mean the procedure was done incorrectly, but
>my doctor probably should have warned me that this was possible. He
>said this is typical of damaged peripheral nerves, thinks the one
>damaged in me was the femoral nerve, and that this sensation will
>continue until the nerve has completely healed. He said Neurontin
>(spelling?) can help with the pain, as well as NSAIDs like Advil. He
>gave me hope that the nerve will regenerate itself and my pain should go
>away -- eventually.
>
>As an aside, he was also completely sympathetic to my complaints of pain
>after the surgery and said my doctor should have sent me home with pain
>meds -- so bully for those of us told to take two Tylenol and suck it
>up!!
>
>So, for those of you suffering with nerve pain and being told that it
>was too much time in the stirrups, or other stuff, know that there is at
>least one doc who believes that our nerves were damaged and thinks we
>will recover -- eventually!
>
>--
>Melissa A.
>
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