I think I accidentally put my message down in the comments instead of in the discussions. Oh well I’ll leave it down there for now.
I had my second mvd 2 weeks ago Monday. I have had so much trouble after this one. I am currently dealing with breakthrough pain around my left eye and cheek that I’ve had for 24 hours now. I called new pain management doc (who I LOVE by the way) and he just said increase my gabapentin from 1800mg a day to 2400mg a day. That’s great but what about my crazy pain right now. I had already taken an extra exalgo( new pain med he put me on) after doing tons of my own research online about dosing. Of course when I asked he said hold off on taking another one of those yet. Oops. It did knock me out for awhile at least. Ok now I’m just rambling. The reason I’m having so much trouble according to my surgeon is that “he was really aggressive with the nerve and rubbed each fascicle individually.” Has anyone else been through this post op? My first mvd took a good 3-4 months to start getting my energy back, but my pain started to come back around 4 months. It got progressively worse pretty quickly which is why we did the second mvd. My surgeon says even he is puzzled because this is usually a pretty low pain surgery. I just have to be unique! Lol