sensitive scar question

tood,

Unfortunately this is one of the free perks of getting Nephed. If real sore or seems to be infected check with a doctor..

icemantoo

Mine was numb for a long time.  Now 7 years down the road I have a lot of discomfort in that area which I am told is scar tissue.  Good luck with it.

My mother in law's surgeon suggested lightly  massaging the skin along the incision several times per day. She also mentioned nerve irritation. Worth a try

4 months after right radical neph, and over 16" of cuts, I have a few spots that aren't even all the way healed yet. I am putting liberal amounts of liquid Vitamin E Oil the entire length of all the cuts. I get a lot of the electrical, zapping feeling type pains and I realize it's things coming back to life. 

Personally, I think you just need to be patient. It takes quite some time for the inside to heal, even if the outside is looking wonderful. (Which mine is not, yet!) Hardest thing in the world for me is patience. Perhaps this is my test. If so, I've been tested enough now, thanks all the same, and I've failed the test miserably. LOL.

At any rate, hang in there. And think about Vit. E oil!

I had 2 laparascopic surgeries. First was for the radical nephrectomy then on the same side 2 years later was for the adrenalectomy.

The first surgery had the largest scar: a six inch incision along with 4-5 smaller ones from solar plexus to hip. On the first surgery the major issue I had was numbness on the abdomen and groin area. Eventually most of that went away but it took a long time. I still have some of it. Nerves grow slowly. I suppose instead of numbness you could have neuropathy, depending on whether the nerves were damaged or or cut. I had shingles a few months ago and found out there's very little the doctors can do for nerve pain, unfortunately. I would think you will heal with time but it might take a few months.

The second surgery I had another 6 scars or so. I'm forgetting how many. These were also scattered from solar plexus. The biggest problem I had with these incisions were I had a very bad allergic reaction to the surgical glue they used. For some reason I had no reaction on the first surgery. I don't know if they used a different glue or, perhaps, as it was explained to me, often times the first time you are exposed you don't get the reaction but the second time your body's immune system responds negatively to the exposure. The allergic reaction was so bad that my wound took a really long time to heal. Some didn't close/stay closed. When they were healed over I went in for an MRI with contrast, and all the wounds from this second surgery turned bright red, swelled and itched as a result of the contrast. The head of radiology was called to look at my reaction and he said he'd never seen that before. I haven't had to have an MRI with contrast since then but have worried about what reaction I might get the next time if I need it.

I'm now 5 1/2 years from the nephrectomy and 3 1/2 years from the adrenalectomy and now real problems with the scars except I have a hernia as a result of the largest scar. From what I've heard this is pretty common with large abdominal scars. I'm sure it doesn't help that I'm quite overweight.

Hoping and would imagine you will heal up with time. Hang in and be patient.

Best to you,

Todd

It hasn't been very long since your surgery and unfortunately it takes some time. I would just try to keep everything from rubbing on it and touching it until it gets better. All the best!!!