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Jeff had excruciating pain and burning from Postherpetic Neuralgia of the face which he developed after Shingles.
After years of suffering and trying different treatments that didn't work, he finally found help thanks to Dr. Aguila, a pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeon.
Now he feels, "fantastic!"
Watch his story and lean more about overcoming Postherpetic Neuralgia.
“My name is Jeff Carlson, and I am from Colorado Springs Colorado. I developed Postherpetic Neuralgia after shingles. My eye was always itching and burning, and it felt like I had a weight in my eye all the time. Sometimes it felt like lemon juice, sometimes it was my eye burning or itching. I had sensitivity to the wind or the air conditioning in a car. I couldn’t wear a hat put on a T-shirt or anything that would irritate it. I had very little hope and every day was a struggle.
I spent a lot of money on a lot of different treatments. You name it I’ve probably tried it.”
After years of failed treatments, Jeff finally found Dr. Demetrio Aguila, a pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeon. He found Dr. Aguila through a YouTube video from another PHN patient Kathleen, who also lived in Colorado.
Jeff made the trip to see Dr. Aguila in Omaha Nebraska.
Dr. Aguila: “We did some diagnostic injections. We numbed up the supratrochlear nerve, which is right here, we numbed up the supraorbital nerve, and in his case, they’re also seem to be involvement of what’s called the infratrochlear nerve. We numbed up those nerves and he started to cry. For the first time his pain was gone.”
Given the success of the diagnostic injections, Dr. Aguila moved forward with surgery. It was an in-office procedure done with general anesthesia.
“Jeff had some unusual variance of his anatomy. Most people have one supraorbital nerve. Jeff had three. I wouldn’t have known that had not been doing the procedure and told me doc I can kind of feel something you’re doing over there. He should have been numb at that point but that clued me in that I should look over there and make sure that there’s not something hiding. And sure enough there was another supraorbital nerve in that area that was causing him pain.”
Here is Jeff the first day after surgery.
“Hey Dr. Aguila, I was walking from my hotel room to the car, and I noticed the breeze didn’t hurt. This used to hurt like hell this little breeze it’s blowing right now. This is the best I have felt in six years. I feel fantastic.
My advice to anyone suffering from PHN of the face is don’t wait. The sooner the better so you don’t have to deal with this day and day out.
Dr. Aguila and Total Pain Solutions https://www.totalpainsolutions.net
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