I had hand surgery a little over two weeks ago. A nerve block was administered in my neck long with the use of a general. During the second week of recovery I started to have some soreness in my shoulder and elbow, which ran along the top of my arm to my wrist. Two days after the discomfort started I woke up unable to left my arm without sever pain. Any movement in my shoulder and arm was very painful. My doctor was in surgery when I called the office and the staff told me to go to the ER where my doctor was and he would be able to communicate with the ER.
After running test checking for blood clots (neg) and X-rays, they told me they were not sure of what was wrong but thought it was an inflammation that ran through the nerve from the block. They had me start on prednisone dose pak (21) 4mg for six days.
I took my last dose this morning. The pain got better the first two days, but then started to get worse with each passing day. I am in pain and it is very hard to use my arm again.
Any ideas to how long this goes on? I was told to use heat and go back into the sling until I was better.