I had cabg surgery 2 years ago . Several months after the surgery I started having severe substernal pain which was diagnosed as being caused by nerve damage during the surgery. It was controlled fairly well by medication until the last few months . Can anything be done to block this nerve from making me hurt ?
Hithis is post-operative sternal incision scar pain caused due to incomplete injury to the nerves which keep on firing on & off. But then blocking these nerve endings is quite difficult as all the major organs are situated in this area. Please apply some local anesthetic gels containing lidocaine(which is quite safe), added with topical painkiller gels(like diclofenac), or simple moisturizing creams will also help sometimes. Just try to ignore the pain. All the best take care