Nerve Block (plus Stress And High Anxiety!)... Posted: 04-07-05 15:16pm
Hi
i severed the tendon on the little finger
of my left hand requiring surgery. I was
given sedation (versed) in addition to an
auxillary (armpit) nerve block under my
left arm (ie; a "brachial plexus block").
They also used a nerve probe to pinpoint
the places they wanted to inject which
made my fingers jump around like
electricity was shooting through them. My
arm was put in a sling and I was in a lot
of pain so I slept with my back up against
the bed for 4 days and on the last day, I
was so uncomfortable because I had been
rolling all over my cast in the night that
I started sleeping in the rocking chair.
I developed a moderately stiff neck on the
same side as the arm they had injected and
this brought on anxiety attacks and at
about this same time I also developed a
"lump" in my throat and my throat felt
"constricted" to the point where it hurt a
little bit and swallowing was a chore.
The throat probs and stiff neck seem to
have dissapeared in the last few days but
I suffer from severe anxiety/panic attacks
and am always obscessing that I might have
a disease. I pointed out my problems to
the surgeon and he said "oh, that's
impossable!" but I have read that the
brachial plexus set of nerves and muscles
is connected to the neck so now i'm
wondering. Has anyone else here ever
experienced neck, thoat or arm problems
after having a nerve block like I have
described?. Please help if you can as I
am getting scared and desparate )-:
