RE: Pudendal Nerve pain...pelvic pain, burning, sharp pains and numbness

[Guest guest]

,

I think you

should give some serious thought to what may be an inguinal hernia rather than

pudendal nerve entrapement. Review the following as well as reference url’s

therein regarding the several patients who, though of the opinion, even with

their physicians, they were experiencing pudendal nerve entrapment, were

actually experiencing the effects on nerves from an inguinal hernia:

http://tinyurl.com/2fmr3v5

Note also in the

foregoing paper that there are few physicians who will provide surgery for

pudendal nerve conditions, because for the most part, the surgery fails.

Here are a couple

papers regarding inguinal hernias.

http://www.injuryupdate.com.au/ISMJGroinPain.htm

http://hernia.tripod.com/HerniaInstitute_index.html

I would hope that a

neurosurgeon would know of the appropriate testing/investigation to identify

the location if an inguinal hernia.

Chuck

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leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into

the lives of others. "

(Chuck)

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From: ProstateCancerSupport

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Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 7:35 PM

To: ProstateCancerSupport

Subject: Pudendal Nerve pain...pelvic pain,

burning, sharp pains and numbness

I am doing my own research for my husband.

As a result of a RPP my husband has developed Pudendal Nerve pain,

a pain that causes sharp pain, burning pain, and numbness. It is sporadic, but

is almost always there. Cannot sit or bend or do anything that would put

pressure on the pelvis now...so only walking is what he does. Dr.s say my

husband was " predestined " to it, as he ran 3 days a week, 5 miles,

and biked about 30 min 3 times a week. Lifted weights 20lbs only for arm strenght.

Fished, hunted and was an active 56 year old man...until surgery. Then

BOOM...can do nothing now. We both believe it is the cause of the surgery...but

all the doctors say it just can happen...and more likely to people who are very

active.

How many of you MEN out there have this to some degree. It is 7 months since

surgery, and he still cannot sit, work or do anything but walk and stand. He is

taking vicodin, lyrica and tofranel, 3 times a day, and occasionally ativan

when the pain gets unbearable. If this is so commong among athletes, bikers

etc...why do they not warn patients about this, or even ask their activity

level before doing a prostatectomy. HOW many men have gotten this from a

Prostatectomy?

[Guest guest]

FWIW --

After my prostatectomy, I had episodes of pudendal pain for a while (weeks, I

think). It slowly decreased, and is now gone.

I asked my surgeon about it, and he basically said:

.. . . whatever it is, I didn't cause it!

Since I didn't have the condition before surgery, he _did_ cause it! Luckily,

whatever was " broken " healed itself.

>> Dr.s say my husband was " predestined " to it, as he

>> ran 3 days a week, 5 miles, and biked about 30 min

>> 3 times a week.

What a pile of crap !!!! If he'd ridden a bike for 3 hours, 3 times per week,

I could see some logic in the doctor's disclaimer of responsibility. But

running? Short periods of biking? It makes no sense at all.

If it's an inguinal hernia (I never heard of that before), and it can be fixed,

count yourselves lucky. " Pelvic pain syndrome " is a really murky area of

medicine -- lots of confusion, and lots of people peddling cures. There are

lots of books, but I don't know if they're any good.

>

> I am doing my own research for my husband.

> As a result of a RPP my husband has developed Pudendal Nerve pain,

> a pain that causes sharp pain, burning pain, and numbness. It is sporadic, but

is almost always there. Cannot sit or bend or do anything that would put

pressure on the pelvis now...so only walking is what he does. Dr.s say my

husband was " predestined " to it, as he ran 3 days a week, 5 miles, and biked

about 30 min 3 times a week. Lifted weights 20lbs only for arm strenght. Fished,

hunted and was an active 56 year old man...until surgery. Then BOOM...can do

nothing now. We both believe it is the cause of the surgery...but all the

doctors say it just can happen...and more likely to people who are very active.

> How many of you MEN out there have this to some degree. It is 7 months since

surgery, and he still cannot sit, work or do anything but walk and stand. He is

taking vicodin, lyrica and tofranel, 3 times a day, and occasionally ativan when

the pain gets unbearable. If this is so commong among athletes, bikers

etc...why do they not warn patients about this, or even ask their activity level

before doing a prostatectomy. HOW many men have gotten this from a

Prostatectomy?

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