Joshio4473
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Friends issue was excruciating groin and testicle pain.though his mesh was placed laparoscopically so that probably would make the apple to oranges difference when I think about it..I took his advice with a grain of salt but in a hopeful way. I agree that it seems there is some sort of nerve involvement in the 10 of 10 ten pain..its right where my nerves could be entrapped. I spoke to dr brian jacob on the phone the other day and explained my situation. Told him I woke up from surgery and the pain was excruciating and radiated all the way up to my ribs in two lateral fashions. He said that seemed abnormal and if it were up to him he would remove the mesh and bring me back to normal anatomy. I spoke to dr brown whome recommended nerve and mesh injections, and if those failed to bring relief then consider mesh removal..Dr towfigh kindly reiterated that there was no rush to remove the mesh, but the pain has me driven to seemingly irrational thoughts. My own surgeon offered pain management and if that didnt work that he would go back in and cut my ilioinguinal. I somehow need to boil all this info down and make an executive decision..
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Had a friend advise steroid injections into the genitofemoral and ilioinguinal nerves via the back instead of the normal groin shots. No clue how it makes a difference but he said its brought him relief for over two years now…anybody heard of such a method?
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Thanks everyone for your advice and wisdom. I went to my first pain management appointment and they believe my pain is multifactoral..there is no sensitivity to touch when It comes to my sharp side- upper abdomen pains, they are simply brought on by physical activity. I believe my testi pain has something to do with the intensely agonizing pulling pain over my pubic tubricle whenever my mate sags..( only hurts when sagging a clue?) And recently I’ve developed an excruciatingly tender area a half inch to the right of my incision. This pain is mostly present when laying down. barely touching it produces 10/10 pain. Moving my leg and baring down also set it off…I’ve pain mapped my entire abdomen, have researched to the point of insanity and still come up dry. It’s so hard not to feel hopeless at this point,..the Bills are piling up and I really need to get back to work but I can barely leave my bed…gotta love the reality of damn near becoming homeless due to a routine surgery….
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Localcivilian I have no clue..perhaps you could better judge through reading my op report (I do not mind sharing my report if it helps determine answers) I am nowhere near as competent when it comes to figuring this stuff out. All I know is what I feel at this point regardless of my hours and hours of research…I’m pretty sure what I feel is abnormal as I can’t find anybody else complaining of sharp stitch like pains running all the way up to the rib cage on flank and up to my floating rib in front..especially considering incision is less than 2 in.. and is wayyy down next to my shaft and bottom of inguinal ligament. I agree things seem rather unusual all around good intentions..why would they use a type of mesh that literally prevents unwanted tissue attachment..isnt that the point?? As always thank you all for your input and opinions.
Joshio
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I’d be happy to share. It’s just really bugging me that the pain is so far from the surgery area. Which leads me to the question of removal vs pain management including nuerectomy-ablation. I’m due to go into pain management on the 9th. Other than a fruitless trip to the urologist those seem to be my given options.
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Thank you good intentions. I just got a copy of my operative report recently as I figured it may be necessary to have on hand. I recently went to a urologist who had nothing more to say than that my scrotum had high elasticity. I’ve had two ultrasound which showed nothing more than increased bloodflow to both testes..I will certainly be getting in contact with dr wright. My biggest fear is that nobody will be able to figure out why my pains radiate so far away from my surgery area. Perhaps the pain clinic will do tests to determine what is causing it?
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A removal dr in Kirkland wa?? I am in tacoma, had open inguinal surgery 2 months ago and wish I never would have. I have inquired to multiple drs as my own surgeon merely said “well if it were nerve pain it would shoot down your thigh” and is sending me to a pain clinic…I’ve been told to give the mesh a chance, I’ve been told I need it removed..my head is spinning in every direction trying to actually make an informed decision on what to do in order to get my life back..I woke up from surgery with sharp stitch like pains in my flank and abdomen running up under my ribcage..since then I’ve also developed groin pain as well as an extremely sensitive teste…I’m only 26 and cant even work right now…