You need to contact your doctor right away.
This may be nerve entrapment of the lateral femoral nerve on both sides (this is sensory only, doesn't affect muscles).
You can read more about it here:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/513696
if you do not have a medscape account you can easily make one for free.
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Posterior thoracolumbar spine surgeries are usually performed with patients in the prone position. To ensure the best possible operative exposure, the Relton-Hall frame is used, positioning the patient on four posts at the chest and pelvis. In this position, the post at the pelvis can cause excessive pressure, compressing or entrapping adjacent peripheral nerves, such as the LFCN. This leads to pain or dysesthesia, or both, in the anterolateral thigh called meralgia paresthetica. To decrease the likelihood of LFCN injury, proper positioning and adequate distance between the two pelvic posts should be ascertained. However, meralgia paresthetica remains to be a common complication of posterior spine surgery.
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http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000401/2109.html
figure 2B shows the nerve distribution.
I had this over 20 yrs ago, following a C-section. It progressed to a very painful situation.
Finally when Lidoderm patches came out, I found some relief.
When you go to the doctor, ask to try these. After 2 weeks of using them every day, the nerve finally settled down for me.
Now I only have very occasional twinges, which are bearable.
Before it was pretty awful. Placement is important~~ put at the point in your upper thigh as shown in
the article below where the nerve exits the abdomen. Or across your back at the lumbar
exit of the nerve to numb it. If you place the patch at where you "feel" the pain, it is less effective or won't work.
Do not wear tight clothing, tight belts, or keep things in your back pockets. Really tight jeans can make it worse.
See your doctor ASAP for further evaluation, to see if you
have some other issue happening with that surgery.
Good luck!
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