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Postherpetic Neuralgia of the Face - Relief with Nerve Surgery
In this video, we meet Mike, another patient with Postherpetic Neuralgia of the face.
Mike was in horrible pain and despite seeing dozens of doctors could not get relief from the PHN.
He flew across the country to have surgery with Dr. Aguila, a pain-focused peripheral nerve surgeon.
This interview is 30 days out from surgery and Mike is already 75% better. He calls this a miracle.
“Hello, my name is Mike, and I live in Charlotte, North Carolina.
My story began in October 2018 when I suffered a severe attack of shingles. Unfortunately, it took three visits to the emergency room before they were able to diagnose what the problem was, and my left eye was severely damaged by the shingles.
I ended up having to have emergency cornea replacement in my left eye and suffered from PHN postherpetic neuralgia on my left forehead.
Over the years I went to many different neurosurgeons and neurologists to try and get help. I tried every medication that you could possibly try and unfortunately it wasn’t getting any better. In fact, it was getting worse.
Sometimes the side of my head would just be blood beat red, and I would get horrible headaches.
Somehow YouTube figured out that I was interested in PHN and they sent me a video of Dr. Aguila in Nebraska. I looked at his videos and I was super impressed. He seemed like he was very empathetic and very knowledgeable and the fact that he was a veteran made me feel better also because I’m a veteran.
In surgery Dr. Aguila removed the supratrochlear and supraorbital nerves.
The procedure was done, and I immediately felt better. I knew I made the right decision. I’d say I’m about 70% of where I was prior to the procedure, which to me is a miracle.
Dr. Aguila says it will progressively get better as time goes on. I can truly say this has been a life altering procedure for me. I don’t know what life would be like if I had to keep enduring the amount of pain I was in before the surgery.
I would encourage anyone in my situation to go out and meet Dr. Aguila.”
Dr. Aguila and Total Pain Solutions https://www.totalpainsolutions.net/
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