Hello
Has anyone else experienced this?
After months and months in pain, it has been suggested that I sustained a nerve traction injury whilst undergoing my first LD flop. This would mean that the surgeon had my arm extended for far too long in one position and caused the injury.
I’m hpoing to be referred to a pain clinic to confirm the injury and treat the pain. I have had a lot of physiotherapy but no one suggested this was the cause of my problems because they hadn’t had a BC patient with LD flop injuries before.
If you are suffering with pain, after LD, down from your axilla to your arm and/or down your back it may well be this. I checked my theatre notes because one of the anaesthetist’s jobs is to note down the positions in which you are held and the times etc. so I can prove I was in one position for far too long.
I’d be interested to hear how anyone else is managing such an injury and adding it to the list of risks I wasn’t told about.
D