Health Organization for Pudendal Education

I am due to have one soon, but am unclear about exactly how risky the procedure is.
Are there any stats?
There are some alarming posts about it.

Thanks JeanieC,
You are right about the St John's Wort. I've stopped taking it now-and it didn't make any difference anyway.
I will try taking a magnesium supplement.

I agree ezer. I think that for every person with an illness there are many others who want to profit from it.
Personally, I've never felt worse than when I was prescribed by a doctor and took an inappropriate drug for a symptom of my condition.

I meant to add that I recently tried using macerated St John's Wort oil, which does help a little. I use it at night to help me to sleep when I have pain and sometimes in the daytime. Of all the herbs and supplements I've tried, this is the only thing that's actually helped so far. I have been takin...

I have been taking 650 mg of Benfotiamine per day for the past week but so far it has had no effect at all. I have also just started taking Methylobalamin (b12) 5 pg per day. I shall contine to take these as they are relatively cheap and apparently harmless, so there's not much to lose.I've been tak...

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Kath, I have phoned Dr Greenslades secretary, who said I needed a GP referral. I have already experienced long delays with an NHS consultation/results and think it's unlikely that my GP would be prepared to refer me in the knowledge that a request for exceptional consideration, ie extra cost, would ...

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Thanks for your post Culluna.

I'm not sure what my GP will say about making another private appointment and keeping my NHS appt-are there any rules about this?
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