Posted by Angela on July 8, 2009, 2:08 pm, in reply to "Complications with right inguinal hernia repair"
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Hello,
I had my first open surgery 4/12/05 for a right inguinal hernia,during that surgery he severed the nerves which subsequently caused me to be in extreme pain for nearly 3 years. After seeing many different doctors, going to emergency rooms,getting injections for pain management and radio frequency ablation. I finally had a another surgery by the same doctor who said that he could fix the problem by cutting the nerves and burying them in the muscles. So on 12/2/09 when they opened me up they found the nerves had grown back into the scar tissue and mesh and this why I was in so much pain. However once again that didn't work either because I woke up screaming in pain and I am still in pain. A couple weeks after the surgery they found that I had an infection and put me on antibiotics. The antibiotics didnt get rid of the infection and I ended on having emergency surgery on 12/30/09 which entailed them removing the mesh and trying to get the infection out of me. This in turn ended with me having a hernia again. Now seven months later I am still in pain, swollen, disfigured and can barely walk at times. I just had a CAT scan and ultrasound and they said they came back normal. I have a lot of scar tissue however they dont see the hernia. No one has been able to explain to me why I am still swollen, in pain and I have the same symptoms I did when I first realized I had the hernia. Pain if I have urinate, have a bowl movements, gas and sex. I also get this weird bulging in my stomach when the bowl movement it working it way through. It's as if I a pregnant and you feel the baby moving around inside you. I just want answers to what is actually going on and what can I do to get better. I am so tired of feeling like this, with the pain getting so bad at times I am vomiting. Can you please help me, I just want my life back? Thanks
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