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Does anyone know the statistics of getting PN? Are we more likely to get struck by lightening or win the lottery?
PN after using pickaxe doing yardwork 6/11
Potter MRI: Scar tissue abutting L pudendal.
Hibner consult 10/11 w/ plan: 2 mo. PT
No meds work for me
PRF X 3 times in Denver ( was pain free for 5 months after second)
Potter MRI: Scar tissue abutting L pudendal.
Hibner consult 10/11 w/ plan: 2 mo. PT
No meds work for me
PRF X 3 times in Denver ( was pain free for 5 months after second)
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Definitely more likely to get PN than either of those two!
Odds of winning the lottery here in the UK are something like 1 in 14 million, I do remember that one. Odds of being struck by lightning - depends whom you ask, but in general seem to be of the order of 1 in 20 million, in that the population of the UK is about 61 million and on average 3 people are struck by lightning each year.
How many people in the UK have PN, to estimate the chance of having it? - it has to be more than 3 each year (struck by lightning) and also more than 4.3 (61/14).
I've found an article by Dr Hibner saying that the general incidence has been estimated at 1 in 100,000 but that many practitioners feel that the actual number is much higher.
So I am sure you are more likely to develop PN that you are to be struck by lightning or to win the lottery.
Odds of winning the lottery here in the UK are something like 1 in 14 million, I do remember that one. Odds of being struck by lightning - depends whom you ask, but in general seem to be of the order of 1 in 20 million, in that the population of the UK is about 61 million and on average 3 people are struck by lightning each year.
How many people in the UK have PN, to estimate the chance of having it? - it has to be more than 3 each year (struck by lightning) and also more than 4.3 (61/14).
I've found an article by Dr Hibner saying that the general incidence has been estimated at 1 in 100,000 but that many practitioners feel that the actual number is much higher.
So I am sure you are more likely to develop PN that you are to be struck by lightning or to win the lottery.
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Thank you Calluna! And I"m so excited that you aren't taking meds anymore! This is wonderful news and has made my day. It gives us all hope. xx
PN after using pickaxe doing yardwork 6/11
Potter MRI: Scar tissue abutting L pudendal.
Hibner consult 10/11 w/ plan: 2 mo. PT
No meds work for me
PRF X 3 times in Denver ( was pain free for 5 months after second)
Potter MRI: Scar tissue abutting L pudendal.
Hibner consult 10/11 w/ plan: 2 mo. PT
No meds work for me
PRF X 3 times in Denver ( was pain free for 5 months after second)
Re: stats
Thankyou carolynm - it is early days, but at the moment PN is not really much of an issue for me. I am still getting occasional nerve zaps but not every day, and I do still have right sided pain which comes and goes. But all the left sided pain seems to have completely disappeared.
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helenlegs 11
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So the odds on getting PN AND getting struck by lightening must be minuscule PHEW!
Luckily my husband buys the lottery tickets and he doesn't have PN and doesn't stand under trees in storms much either.
Luckily my husband buys the lottery tickets and he doesn't have PN
and doesn't stand under trees in storms much either.Fall 2008. Misdiagnosed with lumber spine problem. MRN June 2010 indicated pudendal entrapment at Alcocks canal. Diagnosed with complex variant piriformis syndrome with sciatic, pudendal and gluteal entrapment's by Dr Filler 2010.Guided piriformis botox injection 2011 Bristol. 2013, Nerve conduction test positive; new spinal MRI scan negative, so diagnosed for the 4th time with pelvic nerve entrapment, now recognised as Sciatic, pudendal, PFCN and cluneal nerves at piriformis level.
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helen you always make me laugh:)
PN after using pickaxe doing yardwork 6/11
Potter MRI: Scar tissue abutting L pudendal.
Hibner consult 10/11 w/ plan: 2 mo. PT
No meds work for me
PRF X 3 times in Denver ( was pain free for 5 months after second)
Potter MRI: Scar tissue abutting L pudendal.
Hibner consult 10/11 w/ plan: 2 mo. PT
No meds work for me
PRF X 3 times in Denver ( was pain free for 5 months after second)
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DoubleEdgedSword
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So, the odds of somebody with PN getting struck by lightning WHILE checking their lotto tickets should be just about 'zip', right? 
On the road of discovery to see what is causing my PGAD.
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helenlegs 11
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Re: stats
The moral is don't check your ticket under a tree in a storm or if you HAVE to. get someone else to do it!Fall 2008. Misdiagnosed with lumber spine problem. MRN June 2010 indicated pudendal entrapment at Alcocks canal. Diagnosed with complex variant piriformis syndrome with sciatic, pudendal and gluteal entrapment's by Dr Filler 2010.Guided piriformis botox injection 2011 Bristol. 2013, Nerve conduction test positive; new spinal MRI scan negative, so diagnosed for the 4th time with pelvic nerve entrapment, now recognised as Sciatic, pudendal, PFCN and cluneal nerves at piriformis level.