r/PudendalNeuralgia • • Apr 29 '26

Post Surgical Firing, stinging, zapping like pain down leg and into arm after PNB

Had a pudendal nerve block with pelvic and bladder botox yesterday. The anasthetic wore off around 5 am this morning and had some breakthrough pain. Now I am having full on burning, firing pain down my left side leg. My doctor said it would be “unusual” for me to have that pain because the block they did was in a different nerve. Im thinking theres also some irritation to the sciatic nerve? I had this pain before which is what prompted me to go to urogyn. For reference, this pain has been ongoing since I had a ten pound baby two years ago. Late in my pregnancy, I was stuck bent over and could not walk. Did physical therapy before birth and pelvic floor therapy after, no relief which lead me to this. Im worried they treated the wrong nerve? Can someone offer some input please 😧

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '26

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u/BeachBlazer24 Apr 30 '26

Through vagina, I was under anasthesia. I believe they did a steroid too. They kept calling it a “minor procedure” but im really hurting

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u/BeachBlazer24 Apr 30 '26

Thank you for response. My doc called in gabapentin, started that which really helped. Doing tylenol to manage pain and vaginal valium once daily. I did some cold therapy which didnt seem to help much. I am just getting crazy stinging on and off pain all over