My first encounter with Pudendal Neuralgia started when I was eighteen years old. I literally went from being voted the best athlete in my high school to being confined to my bed for years. I wouldn’t get proper diagnoses until I met Dr. Stanley Antolak at the age of 43. Without a proper diagnosis and no pain relief I went into a deep depression. I ended up losing the support of my dad, siblings and most of my friends. They couldn’t understand how I went from physically strong young man to someone who was confined to my bed for years.