Nerves Re-Growning/Attaching

[makaylasmom]

Okay- I have heard of this quite a bit on this forum.. would any of you like to explain how this felt for you? I am having ALOT of very strong knife like pain/stabbing in my ribs and my lower back over the past week or so. It was much lighter before.. now it is really painful.. it definitely feels nerve like. I'm almost wondering if something is wrong... any ideas?

Thanks!

[Theresa]

Mine wasn't a stabbing pain. I had the tingling (kinda like a buzzing feeling). Also the muscles in the rib area (where the incision is) spasming and balling up real tight and staying that way for hours. Since I started taking Lyrica, a nerve medicine, it is not as bad but still very bothersome.

Did you possible do something the last few days that was a little strenuous? Whenever I did that, I ended doing nothing for a few days because of the change in pain.

Hope someone else has any other ideas for you. Have you called your doctor? Take care and try not to overdo.

[Suzy]

Hi Angela,

I know what you mean, you wonder when it first happens is this normal? When mine started it felt like someone was shocking me, so much in fact it would make me gasp out loud! I scared the heck out of my husband when it first happened because we were out to lunch. It seemed to come in short bursts and would take me a minute to catch my breath. Now when it happens it is a sharp tingle. Dr. said it is nerves reattaching/waking up. It doesn't happen all the time or have any specific pattern. Mine is always in my lower left back. Curious enough my curve was to the lower right..... Now when it happens I grin and think "I'm still recovering." (That is because It is so in-frequent and so much less painful.) Sounds normal to me but you can always call your Dr. for piece of mind.

[lelc2002@yahoo]

Me, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angela,suzy.theresa---I have it too... I get more tingling -funny feelings in the legs. Nothing painful-just nerves,I guess. Last night I had a stabbing/ache off & on where the lumbar(low back) big curve was. Finally it subsided when I took my pain meds last night.
Angela-I have the rib pains, as I have said many times....though last night it felt so swelled up-like they were popping out of my side....I felt like screaming! Luckily, this morning is better & I am going to put another of the patches on it-seems to help a bit.....hang in there! Lynne

[makaylasmom]

Seeing surgeon in the morning

I called my surgeon's office- they want to rule out hardware probs.. so I will let you all know what they say after tommarows appt.
Thanks!

[katblack]

I'm now 6 months post op and I still have the tingly nerves feeling in my left leg and all of my back.
I have basically no feeling in my back at all. People touch me on my back and I can't feel it unless they press really hard or poke me very hard.

My left leg only tingles if I touch it and it's that "asleep tingle" feeling ya know?

I hope it gets better over more time. It's not annoying or a problem but I'd like to get more feeling back in my back.

[sweetness514]

It's absolutely normal, I still get it and when I hit something(like a wall or someone), it is all over my back. It takes time to subside, but after a few months of surgery is when it starts and the nerves "wake up", so the ride is just beginning

[sandraDee]

Yeah i remember that, completely normal. i am two years out from my first surgery and one year out from taking the rods out and i still have weird nerve stuff. Its no problem at all, in fact, i still have areas that i can't feel at all! Someone will touch me there and i can't feel it. My dr. said that this will probably stay numb my whole life. no big deal, just very strange. but to answer your question, yes...normal.

[makaylasmom]

Went to Dr. today

Okay- I went to the surgeons office today- had an X-Ray done- all hardware intact and he says everything "looks good". He said that all that I am feeling is normal- although- he gave me an RX for a musle relaxer as the pains I am having are not a tingle per se- but they are very painful- almost like I'm being stabbed... it sucks! Says it is from the nerves re-growing/attaching and say it can be and is painful. If someone yells to loud around me or if someone tries to touch my back- the nerves go nuts and start "jumping". It takes awhile for it to stop- and it gets painful. He says this is normal?!?!? Oh well, I guess it is different for everyone.. he had prescribed Valium for this whole nerve jumping thing earlier this month., but now says he will not continue with that either as it is habit forming... kinda sucks, cause that would calm it down..... thought I'd keep you all in the loop... thanks for letting me know that I am not alone in all this!!

[sweetness514]

Wow...I'm also the same about loud noises, and for example dogs barking or any type of noise makes me jump and my nerves freak out I haven't watched a horror movie since my last surgery, in December, and I love those but it just would beat the crap out of me, and I keep telling my family and they have a hard time understanding, but now you make me feel not so weird

[Karen Ocker]

All sorts of sensations

All this stuff is normal while getting used to being "uncoiled". The body needs to get used to being in a more normal shape.

Try not to dwell on all this it will pass--otherwise you will go nuts for no reason.

[lelc2002@yahoo]

I'm glad I read thru these posts!!!! I have just started to walk a bit around my street/sidewalk and notice I have some aches in my left leg(in the thigh,more so) & then I need to stand for a few minutes & then can continue..seems the left leg just seems to be a bit week..& big lumbar curve was on the left side...I don't know if its related to that or not?? Ly