by Val
(Yarmouth)
My thigh pain started more than year ago. It has been misdiagnosed several times. I was told by surgeons that having a laminectomy of L4 disk would clear space for the sciatic nerve. I had laser surgery at LSI in Tampa FLl but ended up in hospital following day unable to walk.
They took a scan, gave me morphine and found surgery unremarkable. Was treated afterwards in physical therapy for problems with the piriformis muscle which could be inhibiting the nerve.
The thigh pain became more intense as time went on: have had two injections of steroids in two different areas of muscle that triggered the pain when applied pressure but after a couple of days each time the pain was back.
I do not like taking pain pills but they are the only relief I have.
I sit on either heat pad or ice. Place lidocaine patches, and nothing resolves this thigh pain.
My muscles move on their own and create the pain.
I am at total loss as to what to do. I am a physically active woman having been dancer, skater, etc. but for past year have not been able to do my aerobic exercises and muscle tone is diminishing.
I went to Stanford for help: had neurography of lumbar showing edema but nothing else. The doctor said it was out of his realm of expertise.
And sent me back to Massachusetts with disk in hand.
Went to pain management where I have undergone two steroid
injections but the thigh nerve pain is relentless.
Any suggestions??? Desperately seeking to resolve.
Thank you
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