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by rick
Sat Mar 25, 2017 8:32 am
Forum: MEDICAL ADVANCES & EDUCATION
Topic: cryoablation
Replies: 17
Views: 6599

Re: cryoablation

I had cryo done by Dr. Prologo a little over 3 weeks ago. He froze the pudendal nerve and nerves to both of my testicles. My pain levels have dropped tremendously. He said that I was a case that required tremendous amounts of cryo because of the scar tissue that had built up over the years since I f...
by rick
Sat Mar 18, 2017 11:27 am
Forum: PAIN MANAGEMENT & MEDICATIONS
Topic: Cryoablation
Replies: 18
Views: 4577

Re: Cryoablation

Dr Prologo has done over 250 cryoablations as I understand with good results. Yes, I did have a list of questions for him. As a retired business consultant with a with a record of working with over 500 businesses and start-ups, also 15 years of working as a rehabilitation counselor/vocational evalua...
by rick
Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:28 am
Forum: OTHER THERAPIES
Topic: Cryoablation in the US, for the pudendal nerve
Replies: 17
Views: 9455

Re: Cryoablation in the US, for the pudendal nerve

Hello, I am now 2 weeks past treatment with cryo by Dr. Prologo at Emory Johns Creek hospital outside of Atlanta, Georgia. When, in the past I had been on huge amounts of medication, I am now practically med free. I continue to take 1200 mg of Cymbalta each morning and .8 mg of Flomax each evening. ...
by rick
Sat Mar 11, 2017 10:58 am
Forum: OTHER THERAPIES
Topic: Cryoablation in the US, for the pudendal nerve
Replies: 17
Views: 9455

Re: Cryoablation in the US, for the pudendal nerve

Dr. John David Prologo does cryo, On March 1 , 2017 I had the pudendal nerve and the nerves to both of my testicles treated using cryoablation at Emory Johns Creek Hospital about 45 minutes outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Part of the Emory School of Medicine system. Dr. Prologo, an interventional radio...
by rick
Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:32 pm
Forum: PAIN MANAGEMENT & MEDICATIONS
Topic: Cryoablation
Replies: 18
Views: 4577

Re: Cryoablation

I have an appointment with Dr. Prologo at Emory Johns Creek Hospital on February 27, 2016 for a consultation. I plan to ask that my pudendal nerve and the nerves to my testicles be treated with cryoablation. I was diagnosed with entrapment of my pudendal nerve by Dr. Hollis Potter in 2012. In Octobe...
by rick
Tue Apr 26, 2016 9:47 am
Forum: WELCOME CENTER
Topic: The struggle is real
Replies: 19
Views: 2990

Re: The struggle is real

Chase, If you have considerable pain in your testicles and scrotum consider Epididymitis (inflammation of the epididymis) infection of the tightly coiled segment of spermatic duct that connects each testicle to its respective vas deferens. The infection of the epididymis can spread to each testicle ...
by rick
Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:13 am
Forum: WELCOME CENTER
Topic: Male - Pelvic Nerve Pain-PNE ?
Replies: 9
Views: 1555

Re: Male - Pelvic Nerve Pain-PNE ?

Hello, Lyrica was extremely helpful for me when my pain levels were very high. Lyrica seemed to start helping at 900 mg a day. I increased to 1200, then 1500 for a few months then reduced to 1200 mg and stayed at that level for 4 or 5 years. I also took 180 mg of Cymbalta each morning and the two of...
by rick
Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:50 am
Forum: WELCOME CENTER
Topic: Can PN make all of your legs and feet achy?
Replies: 6
Views: 1096

Re: Can PN make all of your legs and feet achy?

Hello, I haven't been on the forum for quite some time but I remember my legs aching. Very onerous, I had this numerous times in the past. I don't have the particular reference in front of me, but there have been studies with cadavers that show that a branch the PN nerve is located in the buttock ar...
by rick
Thu May 14, 2015 7:55 pm
Forum: WELCOME CENTER
Topic: Newly diagnosed, advice Needed - cytoscopy neccessary?
Replies: 4
Views: 861

Re: Newly diagnosed, advice Needed - cytoscopy neccessary?

Hello, I had a cysto about a month ago to biopsy a small growth of my bladder. I was under sedation. Also, the biopsy was to consider possible neurologic bladder. I refused the bladder infill procedure. Thankfully, biopsy negative. I also had a biopsy, no sedation, about 3 years ago to investigate w...
by rick
Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:34 pm
Forum: CAUSES & EFFECTS OF PUDENDAL NEURALGIA
Topic: pudendal & falling
Replies: 10
Views: 2191

Re: pudendal & falling

Dale, I fell on my left buttock in June 2005. Fairly soon thereafter, a few days, I had a burning sensation on the outside of my left leg, about even with my pelvis. Within a month I began to have pain in my penis, scrotum. I was unable to sit for more than perhaps 15 minutes the pain intense enough...

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