Dr. Jarnagin Succes! Pudendal Nerve Healed

[Dana50]

My name is Dana Stewart and this is my story of both my nightmare and my happy ending. I suffered from chronic excruciating chronic pudendal nerve pain for almost 3 years though I didn't know what it was for most of that time. I just simply knew that in one day I was in more pain that I had been in my life and it was with me every waking moment and that every aspect of my life was slipping away with every passing day. Like most all who suffer from this condition, I was unable to receive a diagnosis or any help for my pain from my doctors. And also like most, I researched myself, and added a team of family member to my research team, for the duration of my pain. I would find condition after condition that seemed to fit in many ways and didn't fit my symptom at all in others. Along with doing every pelvic floor exercise and massage that I could find on the internet and trying to continue doing yoga, I also spent a small fortune trying the remedies that others suggested for the conditions that I thought might be what I was experiencing. I finally broke down and explained it all to my family doctor and he did his very best to help me.I will never forget the day that I received an email from my best friend with an article about a woman winning 16 million dollars in a law suit after her pudendal nerve was damaged during methods used on her during childbirth. I completely skipped the lawsuit details and googled that two words that I had never seen or heard in my research or from my doctors, "pudendal nerve."

My gyno immediately did trigger point tests on me and agreed with "my" diagnosis. In the meantime, I had swapped chiroprators and thought that I had found a miracle there only to be short lived. One afternoon and evening of no pain! I actually found myself crying tears of joy! My gyno finally found me the right therapy clinic to go to and once again, I thought I had found my miracle but it too was short lived. There was a bit of relief, one glorious afternoon and evening of being pain free and then the progress kindof halted. I even felt that though they didn't want to admit it they felt the same as they were really trying to get me to lower the number on my pain scale. Speaking of the pain scale, whenever asked about my pain from 1-10, I always answered 15-20. I have a very high pain threshold, that is not to boast as that can also be a dangerous thing, but that is how bad my pain truly was. By this time, I had gone from taking 1 pill for my thryoid each morning to taking so many medications that I had to create a system to make sure that I took them and of course only took them as directed. These meds also included narcotics which even when taken as directed would only take the edge off my pain but I could at least make it to my son's ballgames as long as I had someone to drive me.

I could identify 5 different types of pain and most days all 5 worked together and for all intents and purposes I could not function. I reserved all my strength for doing what I could for my son. Who, thankfully, was 12 at the time when this started so at least I wasn't diapering, bathing, feeding and such. By this time, I had already long given up my role in the children's ministry at our church and finally got to the point that between the pain and all of the mental effects of that pain I couldn't go to church at all. I literally would have lost everything had it not been for the support of my friends and family and the financial support of my parents. I have been self employed for over 25 years and with the duration of my pain and damage it was inflicting on me mentally, I could only work a fraction of the time that I was used to working. So, of course, my income become less and less as I lived out my nightmare. And, being self-employed, there was no sick leave, paid vacation days saved or any financial reservoir whatsoever.

Finally one day, my mother instructed us all to get on our separate devices and find a place to take me even if it was halfway around the globe. Within an hour, this is after years of research, my father found the Center for Pelvic Health in Franklin, Tennessee which is just under two hours away from me. I could not believe that my answer had been only two hours away all along! I made an appointment with Dr. Jarnagin without even researching it myself!! I did the research after the appointment was set. I literally was overcome by hope and that adrenaline alone allowed me a bit of strength to do a bit more on some days. And, I also just gave in to taking the narcotics knowing deep in my heart that soon I would not need them at all!
I could go on and on, and will be happy to answer any questions and provide more details to anyone who wants to reply to me, but basically my happy ending is that at the end of June Dr. Jarnagin treated me with the amniotic allograft injections. I began to improve by week two, which is very atypical, and then had a really tough third week and after that I just got better and better everyday. My nerve is healed and I spend my days almost pain free. I say almost, because I am still dealing with a muscle issue that is aggravating some days but with massage and excercise that is getting better as well! Most of my days are truly pain free!!! I have now begun the journey of getting my life back!! God Bless You All!
Dana

[BESTILL]

Hello. I am new to Pudendal Hope. I am a suffer of what is possibly pudendal neralgia. This January makes one full year that I’ve had every day pain and have set out to try to get the best treatment I can to be back on my feet and living a normal life. I live in Knoxville Tennessee and came across Dr. Jernigans name back a few weeks ago. I was just wondering how are you feeling today? Do you know of any others that have had Success with this treatment? I appreciate your posting and hope to hear back from you or someone in regards to this. What a wonderful ending to a horrible pain!

[April]

Hi Bestill,

Welcome to the forum. I've been reading this site for several years, and I do not think that treatment is working. What have you tried so far? Have you seen a physical therapist?

April

[jaxi123]

It was total failure for me.