disneyaddicted
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A bit of background first.
I fell off a ladder at work last July, brok my tibia, my fibula, had a partial tear of my ACL and some other big word things.
I went back to full duty work in January and have constant pain since. I had a second MRI done, the findings were torn ligaments and the cure was surgery, but my Dr. sent me for a second opinion. I went to HErshey Medical today and that Dr. said it wasn't a ligament problem but a nerve damage problem and he wants to do a nerve study.
My question is, how is a nerve study done, I told a friend of mine this and she said "Ouch, I heard they are painful."
The Dr. said they don't really do surgery to fix nerve damage, but can do a surgery to remove the build up of scar tissue that nerves have to strecth and wind around which in turn cause pain.
My next question. If they don't do surgery to fix nerve damage, would a nerve study really be necessary?
I fell off a ladder at work last July, brok my tibia, my fibula, had a partial tear of my ACL and some other big word things.
I went back to full duty work in January and have constant pain since. I had a second MRI done, the findings were torn ligaments and the cure was surgery, but my Dr. sent me for a second opinion. I went to HErshey Medical today and that Dr. said it wasn't a ligament problem but a nerve damage problem and he wants to do a nerve study.
My question is, how is a nerve study done, I told a friend of mine this and she said "Ouch, I heard they are painful."
The Dr. said they don't really do surgery to fix nerve damage, but can do a surgery to remove the build up of scar tissue that nerves have to strecth and wind around which in turn cause pain.
My next question. If they don't do surgery to fix nerve damage, would a nerve study really be necessary?
