Surgery May 9*
Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 12:22 am
Hello everyone,
My turn now I suppose
Never posted before but i have PM'd a few on this forum and was impressed and grateful fur the quick responses i received from those i reached out to.
I am having surgery with Dr HIbner this coming Monday, May 9, after suffering with the classic PNE (no penile, mainly south of there / sitting pain) symptoms for nearly a year. I was diagnosed by Dr Filler in October 2010 and after an MRN, 4 'image guided injections' (somewhere in between i realized Filler was NOT going to be the one i would let operate on me, agreeing with all the things i have read about him on this forum - seems very smart, probably is, but doesn't convince me.) The injections were bilateral (Filler said my prob was bilateral - i think its more right sided than anything), two in each Pirifiormis, 2 in each Obturator. The injections provided me with complete numbness/relief from regular symptoms for about 24-36 hours.
As im sure has happened with many, before long you run into Dr Hibner's name and at the moment he seems like the best option for me.
The main reasons I decided to pull the trigger now as opposed to almost a year down the road (next avail surgery date is Feb 2012)is that I am relatively young (under 30), hopefully can have a positive recovery and more importantly, I haven't had the condition for too long (under a year), in fact, I asked Dr Hibner if he had ever operated on anyone who has had the PNE symptoms as short of a time as I have an he said no. Ever since I began feeling the symptoms, I have aggressively and diligently perused a 'cure' - I basically did my work-up between july 2010 and now ( I also did PT for a couple months with little to no results) and now and the oportunity to have the surgery with Dr Hibner came up. At this moment in time, if i pass it up Im afraid I could be in worse shape a year or so down the road (i work a desk job, which makes me miserable, pain levels rise to 10 almost on a regular basis unless i'm drugged up with opiates + lyrica)
I also have the benefit of having medical insurance at the moment + disability insurance, which im not sure i will have in a year...this condition has made working quite tough, as all of you understand.
I'll post updates bi-weekly
feel free to ask questions
My turn now I suppose
Never posted before but i have PM'd a few on this forum and was impressed and grateful fur the quick responses i received from those i reached out to.
I am having surgery with Dr HIbner this coming Monday, May 9, after suffering with the classic PNE (no penile, mainly south of there / sitting pain) symptoms for nearly a year. I was diagnosed by Dr Filler in October 2010 and after an MRN, 4 'image guided injections' (somewhere in between i realized Filler was NOT going to be the one i would let operate on me, agreeing with all the things i have read about him on this forum - seems very smart, probably is, but doesn't convince me.) The injections were bilateral (Filler said my prob was bilateral - i think its more right sided than anything), two in each Pirifiormis, 2 in each Obturator. The injections provided me with complete numbness/relief from regular symptoms for about 24-36 hours.
As im sure has happened with many, before long you run into Dr Hibner's name and at the moment he seems like the best option for me.
The main reasons I decided to pull the trigger now as opposed to almost a year down the road (next avail surgery date is Feb 2012)is that I am relatively young (under 30), hopefully can have a positive recovery and more importantly, I haven't had the condition for too long (under a year), in fact, I asked Dr Hibner if he had ever operated on anyone who has had the PNE symptoms as short of a time as I have an he said no. Ever since I began feeling the symptoms, I have aggressively and diligently perused a 'cure' - I basically did my work-up between july 2010 and now ( I also did PT for a couple months with little to no results) and now and the oportunity to have the surgery with Dr Hibner came up. At this moment in time, if i pass it up Im afraid I could be in worse shape a year or so down the road (i work a desk job, which makes me miserable, pain levels rise to 10 almost on a regular basis unless i'm drugged up with opiates + lyrica)
I also have the benefit of having medical insurance at the moment + disability insurance, which im not sure i will have in a year...this condition has made working quite tough, as all of you understand.
I'll post updates bi-weekly
feel free to ask questions
