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Upper Thigh Pain Months After Hip Replacement
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It’s not an exact science but when I worked in EMG and nerve conduction in the 70’s -80’s, when a nerve was damaged but not severed,
My observation was that the nerve recovered - if it did recover - at the rate of about half an inch to an inch a month from proximal point to distal point. So in your case, is the point of injury at the surgical site about 9 inches from the point where you are getting new nerve sensations?
Again I have no idea if that makes a lick of scientific sense. Just an observation based on what I saw in patients with peripheral nerve injury.
You could talk with your doc about gabapentin which is specifically for nerve pain and see if that helps.
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All the pain is in my groin. I’d say it’s about 4” from the top of the incision They tried gabapentin and it didn’t help at all, all it did was make me angry.
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You are exactly right about nerve regeneration - when a nerve to my foot was damaged in knee surgery, it took 2 1/2 years to heal. When the nerve in my thigh was damaged by hip surgery, it took 2 years, and left one numb patch that still exists after 12 years.
Sue