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I still have nerve pain after breast surgery? 4 years later...

I had a breast reduction surgery in 2012, drastically reducing the weight of my breasts and was told I would heal fast and easy because I was still young, only 18. I've found however, that 4 years later I still have 1-2 EXTREMLY painful/sensitive spots that come and go. There's one particular lily bad spot just to the inside of the scarring that sends shard pains piercing through my whole breast if I touch it, breath on it, or even look at it some days. I knew that there might be some longer lasting nerve damage but, just passing the 4 year mark I am feeling discouraged that this will remain forever. I'm wondering if I should return to the physician about it? But I don't even know if I will still have access to that physician as it was under special circumstances that the surgery was done and now so much time has passed. I feel uncomfortable seeing another doctor about it though, like they wouldn't understand. I mean it took me 7 years to convince my family doctor my migraines were real, I can't imagine trying to convince him that this pain is real and has persisted off and on for 4 years. To anyone who's had a ready surgery, or a nerve sensitive surgery, does the stabbing pain ever end, or has something gone wrong?
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