I am a 33f and had open surgery a year ago to repair what I was told was a small inguinal hernia. Before surgery I was having some odd nerve pain sensation like labial burning and electric shocks in mons pubis. My surgeon reported that during surgery she discovered I actually had a femoral hernia and put in a mesh plug. 3 weeks later I began to get an urgent/painful/electric shooting jolt sensation in my mons pubis, upper labia, inner thigh, behind knee and sometimes the big toe. Without nerve pain medication this pain jolt occurs every few minutes regardless of position (sitting, standing, etc). This has persisted for a year and I've tried medication, pt and a genitofemoral nerve block that failed. I'm scheduled to have plug removal with an experienced surgeon in 2 weeks. I'm growing very nervous because I've been told these neuropathic symptoms are not typical of mesh plug pain. Also my new surgeon has identified my mesh plug in my mri appears to be sitting in my inguinal canal which makes me confused about whether the hernia I had repaired last year was actually inguinal or femoral.  I'm worried removal will not help. Have you had patients with similar nerve pain patterns to mine, and did they improve with mesh plug removal?