DH had a hernia op today (open repair of previously failed groin hernia op).
He was last on the list and didn't get to talk to surgeon after as by the time he woke up they were gone for the day. They are keeping him in overnight for obs as the recovery area was closing down for the night too.
Once he properly came too he wanted to walk to the loo which they said was fine but his leg gave way and it's completely numb on the bottom half of the inner thigh (can't feel my nails even if I scratch there). The ward is really low staffed with one bank nurse and one HCA and they don't have time to do much, said it's common, see how it is in the morning.
DH went into a complete panic that something has gone wrong and he won't be able to walk (he does a manual job). I kept telling him it will all be fine, it will settle, Dr Google says this can happen and it will repair.
I'm actually really scared for him though as after his last op he could walk straight off no problem.
Anyone had experience of this with their DH and found it did right itself?
Thank you so much to anyone who knows anything about this....
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Anyone had this - DH after groin hernia op leg numb and can't take weight
postopworry · 04/02/2020 23:44
Thank you again to all who commented. Things much better now. Turns out they did indeed put in local as well as the GA but nobody till him/us and all the info he had said he could expect to walk straight after. It was only on the doctors rounds this morning that they explained what they had done. It's not on the discharge summary either.
The lack of communication is so poor, DH was really worried all night and didn't sleep when he could have done with the rest and he kept trying to test out if he could move or walk and thus risked hurting himself worse! He is a glass half empty person at the best of times and this really pushed him to all the worse case scenarios. Last night apparently a "nurse practitioner" came around who again was not able to see the detailed notes of the op and meds applied and was talking about it probably being a "bruised nerve", whatever that could mean.
As usual with the NHS some lovely staff and talented surgeons let down by the overall system, the poor communication, the fragmented record keeping. Add to that sitting about for 6 hours waiting for the op to come up in a room with friends/family waiting for others, many of whom selfishly were breaking out whole takeaways next to people like DH who were really hungry and couldn't eat and others with coughs and colds sitting there, it's been a really trying experience.
Really appreciate the knowledge and thoughts from those who replied, thank you 
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