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Originally Posted by chloecasey
Chaucerfan
Curious to know , did you have prior surgery that caused the Neuroma or did this just develop..... I really think my situation could be a Neuroma forming as a result of 3 surgeries I had and all the complications that have occurred since.
I have done so much research that sometimes scar tissue/neuroma formation can occur when nerves heal...I really believe mine did this at the incision site (there is alot of sensitivity/pain) since I had 3 surgeries (10 days apart), had MRSA in Hospital and then developed MONO 2 months post surgery......my whole system got messed up?!!
Will see what the Neuro has to say .....as far as the surgeon and any other doctor I have seen, they have either said there is no connection or just don't want to go against the surgeon, etc. I don't have a medical degree however I have a lifetime knowing myself and I see that it certainly could have a connection.....never had any of these "post op issues" prior to surgeries.
Look forward to anything that you find out in your situation
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I guess our situations ARE different because my benign tumor came first -- for unknown reasons; then the incision to remove it, which went in between my ribs, damaged a DIFFERENT nerve and caused the neuropathy.
You certainly have had more than one human being's share of problems -- three surgeries in a short time, then MRSA, then mono! Yikes!
But I am like you in wondering how these things can be totally unrelated. I mean, the nerve tumor was basically overproduction of myelin. And now this mysteriously caused neuropathy seems to be (in part) demyelinating. I have an appointment in early October with a PN specialist at the same hospital as the thoracic surgeon who removed the nerve tumor. Maybe they could put their heads together? And maybe another user of this board will have had a similar experience. Have you considered starting a new thread that explicitly refers to the surgery / neuroma connection?