Nerve damage
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I realise I sound like a moaning Minnie but honest to god I'm so fed up. So back to the Drs today, the latest lot of anti b's haven't helped in reducing the amount of pain I'm in and my GP is now querying if I have nerve damage. I've got to go back tomorrow to be assessed ??
Anyone else experienced nerve damage after a posterior repair? Tried googling it and not found much information, no idea if it is that whether they can treat it?
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Fi-45 lisa52462
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Hi. Where about a is your pain and what kind of pain. How many wks post op.
I'm 11 wks and I keep getting crampy pains and tugging pains above my pubic bone but also find it very tender to wipe after a wee but no apparent inflammation. No idea if this is similar to yours. But I'm fed up too. Every time I try to do something to build myself up for going back to work in 2wks I end up in pain later on and next day.
Hope you get some answers at Drs. X
lisa52462 Fi-45
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I'm 6 weeks post op, the pain is on the right hand side near my bum hole ?? And then round towards the front. i have tingling down my thigh and at my ankle. I really
Hope it just slow healing
Laura3333 lisa52462
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Are you getting burning pain?
Google pudendal nerve.
That is my problem, and made much worse by posterior surgery.
I put it down to my legs being in the lithotomy position in stirrups, made an already unstable back, with coccyx pain and vulvadenia a lot more painful, it never goes, just gets worse as the day goes on.
This could be your problem.
It's really hard getting answers with nerve pain.
Fi-45 Laura3333
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What is vulvademia? No I dont get burning. It's just tender to touch. Don't think I have prudental nerve problems. It's doesn't sound same. Maybe mine is just slow recovery but at 11wks I thought vulva area wouldn't be so tender. Haven't attempted intercourse as was advises to wait another 2 weeks when I went for post op appt. as I was still raw at top of vag but my pain is preventing me from even trying.
Was at GP this week and she just said it takes time. But how much longer is what I want to know! X
Laura3333 Fi-45
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I'm at 12 weeks,when matron was here she said posterior repair was painful for much longer than anterior. I've found it slow, still feel swollen, and tender, and hot down there.
She said it took her around a year to get completely back to normal, I think it's the way the stitches come right down to perineum.
Vulvadenia is vulval pain.
Gillian22766 Laura3333
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Lisa I had a A&P 10 weeks ago I am tender swollen some days feel like it is hanging out but it isn't and the burning sensation, what do you think it is?
i don't have it all the time but if I sit for to long or lay on my back to long it is there and always worse on a night
you are the only other lady that has made the comments that match mine, I wish matron was here xx
jan05416 lisa52462
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Laura3333 jan05416
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oh I'm taking gabapentin for nerve pain, but they were making me constipated so only take a low dose, but if it's unbearable I just up it for that day.
Did the dr say which nerve was damaged,I'm really hoping this will ease off.
diana81923 lisa52462
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I think that's its what I'm going through. It had been 8 months and I'm in so much pain still!!! If I hear anything I will let you know
Kegel8Stephanie lisa52462
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Hi Lisa
You could ask your GP to refer you to a Physiotherapist, preferably one that specialised in pelvic pain. There are some brilliant ones in the NHS, but not all GPs know about them. It could be your pain is as a result of your operation and you need to release tight muscles, this is common after pelvic operations. A Physio will also be able to test for nerve damage using a probe and biofeedback.
Nerves can grow back, it’s called resprouting, and is successful using NMES (neuromuscular electrical stimulation) however, you need to address the pain first. Pain would indicate that your muscles are in spasm, so the blood does not flow in and out of the muscles as it should, and blood brings oxygen which feeds and keep the muscles healthy. If you are in pain everything locks up and it just becomes a vicious circle.
Have a word with the GP and see if you can get help with addressing the pain first, and I would recommend not painkillers if you can helps it (only short term), because they bung you up, and constipation adversely affects the pelvic floor.
Have a look a pelvic floor relaxation techniques, and myofascial release massage - this could be ideal for you and you can do it at home, you'll be amazed.
Hope this helps
S
lisa52462
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So i saw my dr and I was given gabepentin. She thinks it's my static nerve that's causing the pain and it's either due to inflammation or nerve damage and I need to see how I go, if it it doesn't improve I'm to have an mri scan.
three days later and other than reducing the tingly sensation in my leg it's done nothing for the pain. I'd say I have high pain threshold but I'm not sure how much more I can take, it's relentless. I've been in pain constantly since my op in one way or another, it's really getting me down ??
Laura3333 lisa52462
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It really does sound like your sciatic nerve, the route that it's taking down your leg, gabapentin does dumb down the pain, but slows your whole system down, it might be wise to take lactulose if you're not already taking it.
Neuropathic pain is unrelenting, awful, I have had it for a long time,,hopefully your's will be temporary.x.