epidural

[Bob1943]

I had hip replacement on Jan 28, 2009 and an epidural for post surgery pain.  The doctor inserting the epidural needle need four or five stabs at me while his assistant was asking whether the left (non-surgical leg) leg felt pain.  I don't know what they were doing and am not sure they did!  I felt an ocassional twinge of pain in the left leg, but then they moved to another site.  Now I have constant pain in both thighs.

I now have pain in the front of both thighs similar to a bad sunburn.  I am hoping that since I am only 45 days from surgery that this will go away.  I have no pain from the surgery and that part is going along fine.  My PT keeps telling me that it is just muscle pain from the atrophied muscle from being in a wheel chair.  But this is not muscle pain.  It is nerve damage superficial surface pain.  Pressing on the muscles does not hurt, but a bed sheet is painful.


This discussion is related to nerve damage from epidural injection.