Leila W - New member

Hi and welcome to the CP forum at HW and I saw your post and Susies request to start a introduction post and we ask new members to do that so everyone can welcome them.

If you look at the top of the page you can see a box that says NEW POST click on that and it's on the left looking at the page on a kindle,and then you will get a blank page for writing with a line your heading. After you put a heading go down and write in the big box and scroll to the bottom of the page when you finish and click submit once. Your post will then show up on the forum by your heading.

Again welcome to the forum.

Hi Leila. Hope you had a better night last night. I'm surprised to hear you are not casted. Every case is different I suppose. It's been so long since my surgery, I've been searching my brain for anything else. My doctor put me on Elavil for a while as it has a beneficial side effect of calming the nerve. As suggested by another, talk to your doc about meds for that. It takes a while for the nerve to calm down and get used to it's new location. Remember to breathe through any pain you may have. My physical therapist used ice on the scar, quite uncomfortable but worth it in the long run. They also massaged the muscles that the nerve was now buried under. Again, uncomfortable but worth it. My heating pad is still my best friend for those days when I've over done and it feels achy. I used a stress ball or ball of putty, the exersize helped desensitize the nerve. He also advised me to avoid caffeine, it being a stimulant, it can intensify the pain response. Hope you improve soon.