Hi my name is Mike, wow, a year with no improvement is a long time but I would not give up hope as the nerve is supposed to heal very slow. Spoke to a friend and his took longer then a year but it did go away. I will not go to a doctor as they are the ones that caused it, also don't believe they can do anything (except make more money with false hopes) so why take a chance of them hurting me again or even more. Your body will do what it can to make it right, don't look for a quick fix, (it's not like your knee bones grinding against each other) keep as healthy as you can and it's out of you hands after that.