Thank you for your reply. I'm sorry for not being clear on my initial posting. I had a microdisectomy of the L5 disc so there is no correlation to my current condition. I did have an MRI of my cervical spine when my initial symptoms arose. Results showed no disc buldging. I am interested in your comment re: thrombophlebitis of the arm vein following extravasation of one of the various irritant intravenous drugs given at the time of surgery could be a cause. My belief is that the excess fluids/drugs put through my IV damaged my radial nerve.
Hi there .I can well understand your predicament at the moment. It is distressing to experience so much pain with no headways to the cause coming. I understand that a thrombophlebitis of the arm vein following extravasation of one of the various irritant intravenous drugs given at the time of surgery could be a cause. This could have caused some damage to the ulnar and median nerves I nthe vicinity due to extravasation. Also if you underwent a cervical microdiscectomy, there may have been an inadvertent damage to the cervical and upper thoracic nerve roots following instrumentation and retraction.
Since you have already approach so many specialists, may be a pain physician, who is a trained anesthesiologist, could offer some solution.
Take care.