I had a bilateral inguinal hernia repair back in '05. about a year after my syrgery I started feeling the same symptoms as before the syrgery. Pain on both sids of my pelvis. So I go to the Dr. and he gives me a CT scan, with negative results. So I asked what my next step is because the pain was effecting everything that I had been doing form exercise to just getting my work done. He sent me to a pain specialist. I was starting to think what the hell is going on here what is happening to my body.
So I go see this pain specialist and they tell me that while the general syrgeon was digging around in my gut placing the mess in to fix the hernia he caused nerve damage to the top if the femoral nerve which runs down the inside of your leg. Alright now what do I do now since i know the probelm. Well I could do nothing or I could go through a series of shots that put a pain releiver and a steriod next to the nerve to calm it down.
Well I have done that twice know in six months with ok results I guess. The pain worsens for about a week after the shot then everythin goes fine for about a month then while doing normal everyday stuff the pain will come and go until eventually it is there again all of the time.
So now this pain doc want me to have a small procedure in which they either go in at the top of the pelvis with a large needle and put some chemical whose name I cannot recall on the end of the nerve and kill it all together or they want to go into my spine and carterize the nerve that away which will kill the nerve.
So my question is if this pain Doc f*$ks up and kills the wrong nerve or puts to much of this chemical on the nerve could I loose to entire femoral nerve?
Could this proceude kill the part of the nerve that I use to control my leg and other parts below it?
I did do a little research on this and found out little to nothing since it is a fairly new science. But what I did find was not promising. Most people that get these procedures are older and/or are wheelchair bound. I am only 33 very active and have a good career that I would like to keep.
So any ideas on this would be helpful.
Thanks,
Will
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