Hello,
I am a 34 year old man and had an inguinal hernia last August. The recovery from the surgery was supposed to take about 6 weeks and it was said that I would be pretty much back to normal. Today I am still numb in that area. It is very tender to the touch (much like a deep bruise). I also feel dull achey pain where the hernia occured. I've had a CT scan and they said they saw what appeard to be a lesion behind the mesh. They sent me to have an ultra sound today and the technician said she didn't really see anything. They are reffering it to the original surgeon and my GP. HELP!!! Not sure what this could be but I'm at my wits end feeling like this. Thanks in advance for any advice and knowledge that you could pass my way.
Josh Bastian

plug and patch?

hi
what king of surgury did you have mt husband has laproscopic surgury for a right ingurnal hurnia hi scars are on the left side where are your scars located and what kind of operation did you have he has had major complication do to this surgury
talk to you soon
rosanne

hi
what king of surgury did you have mt husband has laproscopic surgury for a right ingurnal hurnia hi scars are on the left side where are your scars located and what kind of operation did you have he has had major complication do to this surgury
talk to you soon
rosanne

hi my name is Donha i had my first op the 10 march 2010 & my second 1 may,i have been back at work 4 2 weeks & left on the 1st july being in pain,since then been 2 hospital 4 a day thay gave me a local in my stomach had scans done very very sore down in my groin thay are not sure wot is wrong but wen i walk i get pain down the right side of stomach & groin help is there any 1 out got the same

I am 40 have the same symptoms and the doctor at Georgetown university says it is nerve damage coused from the mesh. I am having that nerve cut next month.

Geoff,

Do you mind sharing the name of the surgeon who is going to cut the nerve? Thanks.

My name is Garth. Sorry for leaving that out. Thanks again Geoff.

Bilateral open inguinal hernia surgery with mesh repair Jan 2010. Severe problems with groin/testicular pain and pain shooting down leg. Nerve blocks no help. Neurontin no help. Testicular ultrasound and urologist consult showed nothing. Dec. 2010 had ilioinginal nerves resected and scar tissue cleaned out. Still having pain issues and have limited ability to exercise. Surgeon said mesh was in place and doing fine, and there were no other hernias. Just be forewarned, you may still have problems after a 2nd surgery. The cause of Post Herniorraphy Pain Syndrome is not always clear. Good Luck.

Thanks Eric for your reply. I appreciate your candor and you have given me more to think about. I haven't been through pain mgt injections. Tried the drug route with family doctor which was a waste of time and money. Have been doing my research. I wish it would have solved your pain issues. You deserve to be painfree. I think I will take another look at my situation.

Garth

Began having very severe groin/testicular pain on Saturday, a couple weeks ago. The intensity, duration and frequency of my pain has slowly been increasing since my bilateral ilioinguinal neurectomy in Dec. 2010. At the onset of the pain, I decided to take 2 advil and wait to see if it resolved. It didn't. It was the worse groin (and particularly) testicular pain I've ever experienced. I took 2 vicodin 5-500's an hour later. When the vicodin kicked in I experienced relief that lasted 1 hour before the pain came raring back. I couldn't take any more vicodin for about 4 hours and just had to be in agony. Meanwhile, I became nauseous and developed a bad headache from the vicodin (at times does this to me). After about 4 hours I decided I couldn't take more vicodin and thought about going to the hospital emergency room. Then I thought - "what are they going to be able to do for me"? I went to a walk in clinic and they gave me scripts for percoset and an anti-nausea med. The percoset worked (thank heavens). I have been taking percoset almost daily now as I am in crisis mode with these severe episodes of pain. I am currently seeing another pain management specialist and she is giving me nerve blocks and trigger point injections. Immediately after these blocks and numbing trigger point injections I go into physical therapy. The physical therapist is identifying areas of scar tissue on my nerves and pulling against the nerves crosswise to break the adhesions. There is no way I would be able to stand this if I wasn't numbed first.

I'm early on into this treatment regimen, but so far no results. At this time I'm not confident, but will give it a couple more sessions.

It's my belief that they ought to try targeting my genitofemural nerve. It is certainly within the realm of possibility that is where my problem lies. And at this point, what's there to lose?

I'm pretty exasperated and upset right now.