sorry i havent been on here for a while but things have been hectic, well i have had my decompression surgery last friday 12th july.
mr dixon did warn me beforehand that the aim was to give me a better quality of life and less pain and that he thought a full cure was a long shot but you never knew.
i had it done at the spire bristol dr greenslade being the aneathestist (sorry about the spelling), i was very surprised when i got into theatre as mr dixon was the lead surgeon and mr wong assisted, so 2 consultants for the price of 1!
i must say at this point 6 days out of surgery its been a breeze
hope i am not tempting fate, i was up and around the same day as surgery, not had much pain at all, if anything i am having constant vulval burning and frequent urination but at this moment no worse than before surgery and not enough to take any pain meds, i have not taken any since the day after surgery. after my previous pelvic surgery i had horrible stabbing like pain when having a wee and this seems to have gone, hope so 
mr dixon did say that i might experience a rise in pain as the nerve has been disturbed. i did ask if the nerve was trapped and he said it was very tight in there, so i presume it wasnt but was tightly packed in but i cant be sure. i also asked how long before i knew if it was going to work again he didnt know and said i would have to wait and see.
i also asked how many pn surgeries he had done and he said i was the 18th and that non of his patients had got any worse, all had had some reduction in pain apart from 2 and 3 have no pain at all and that he was looking for at least 50% inmprovement.
i have leg lift excercises to do and can do what i like as long as i dont do too much, i live in a bungalow so stairs arent a problem. i feel fine in myself if still a little tired and hope now that it will work
andrea
