Health Organization for Pudendal Education

I wish you could come too Jude.....
hope things are still going well for you!
x Vanessa

It is always comforting to see messages from people who understand your pain EXACTLY isn't it? Well I had my diagnostic injection (pudendal nerve block) by my gynae in Perth, and when I was in so much pain my quality of life was on the couch 24/7 with morphine (I had to give up my nursing job (would...

Hello Sorry to hear about your pain and how it affects it your life.....but the good thing is you have seen Dr V and given a diagnosis. (I had surgery for PNE by him in July 2008 and travelled from Perth, but have a much better quality of life now!) Just a word about physio treatment. I would be gui...

We do celebrate Nurses Day in Australia....in fact it is called "International Nurses Day"....and we used to get a free lunch/dinner at work when I was working!
cheers Vanessa

It is certainly interesting how many of us are nurses....I'm another one! I was a gynae/urology nurse ( isn't that ironic?) for 5 yrs until PNE forced me to give up- funnily enough I didn't know that the Pudendal nerve could get damaged....now I want everyone to know! I sent my old colleagues info o...

Tiny dancer I am also on the Durogesic patch (12mcg) and have been on it 2 yrs, just after I had my PNE surgery. Like you, I have found it to be fantastic as it gives that even amount of pain relief and don't get those peaks and troughs you get with short acting. My dr's say I can have the 25mg, whi...

Hello All Some may remember me from the last forum, but for those who don't here is a quick recap I am a 40 yr old female living in Perth, Western Australia, so am lucky to have the support and friendship with Catherine A - which has helped me enormously with my PNE journey. I suffered with endometr...

Hello All Some may remember me from the last forum, but for those who don't here is a quick recap I am a 40 yr old female living in Perth, Western Australia, so am lucky to have the support and friendship with Catherine A - which has helped me enormously with my PNE journey. I suffered with endometr...