April 20, 2024 • 10 mins
IN TODAY'S "BACK TO LIFE" SEGMENT, WE SPEAK WITH PATIENT EVELYN WIRTH FROM SAINT GERMAIN, WI AND HEAR HER STORY OF HOW SHE WENT FROM LIVING A LIFE OF PAIN TO REGAINING HER STRENGTH AND GETTING BACK IN MOTION THANKS TO THE PATENTED BONATI SPINE PROCEDURES.
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(00:00):
You're listening to American Medicine Today,presented by the Benati Spine Institute, featuring
internationally acclaimed inventor of the Benati Spineprocedures, Alfred Benati, MD. Once
again, your host Kimberly Burmel Benatiand co host Ethan Yuger, Welcome back
to American Medicine Today. We wereon the phone with Benati Spine Institute patient
(00:21):
from Saint Germaine, Wisconsin. Let'swelcome Evelyn Worth to the show. Thank
you. Now, why don't youtell us how you came to be in
pain? Once I first started growing, I had noticed some weird pain in
my hips, and it was kindof just brushed off as, oh,
it's just growing pains, you know, it'll go away. And then it
(00:42):
started going down into my legs andthen eventually into my feet, and then
I started getting really bad pains inmy neck right at the base. And
it started off with just pain,and then I started getting really bad headaches,
and then it had went down intomy shoulder, my elbow, and
(01:03):
then down into my hands to thepoint where I couldn't even hold a water
bottle or a can of soda oranything without increasing pain or even just being
able to hold on to it,I lost grip. And I'm going to
assume with the extent of that typeof pain, it had to have truly
impacted your entire life. Yeah.So when I first started having the sear
(01:29):
pain, I was thirteen, almostfourteen, And then when it got to
my neck and down my arm,I was just turning sixteen. And when
I would try and drive around,I couldn't drive because I was to hold
onto a steering wheel long enough tobe able to drive, and then I
was left doing almost everything with justmy right arm. Unbelievable. You're so
(01:56):
young to have to go through themultitude of prier problems that you were experiencing.
Now it says in the notes aboutyou needing to start homeschooling because you
were unable to walk, and itaffected things so much that you had to
quit dance after eleven years. Yeah, so I was in dance since I
(02:20):
was able to walk. I mean, I was in dance before I started
school, and that was something Ireally wanted to see through all the way
until I was done with high school. But my pain and my hips got
to the point where I couldn't evendance for ten minutes without being in such
severe pain that I had to sitdown and I had to be on ice
or I had to go home becauseI couldn't just sit there because of the
(02:45):
amount of pain I was in.And you know, to be fifteen,
going to be sixteen and being told, well, we can't have you at
school because you have to be ableto walk to and from classes. I
mean, I had to put mywhole life on hold just to deal with
the amount of pain I was in. Right, And because you're so young,
you have your entire life ahead ofyou, and with that kind of
(03:08):
impact, what would you really haveto look forward to? So at that
point when it's basically incapacitating you,what do you do? Do you seek
out doctors over there in Wisconsin andwhat is their reaction? I have went
to almost every doctor and none ofthem could ever give me an answer.
(03:32):
I've gotten so many different diagnosises andfalse diagnosis and just been saying, well,
we can't help, we don't knowwhat's wrong. Majority of them are
weren't willing to do any more testingother than just looking at me. Okay,
so they didn't want to test you, But what again, were some
(03:54):
of those diagnoses from those doctors.The biggest one that I have gotten was
fybroid miyalgia, and I got thatfrom three different doctors, and then I
would go to another one and theywould say, no, that's not a
thing, let's keep looking. Andthen they would get to the point of
(04:15):
Okay, well we don't know what'swrong, so I guess move on to
the next. And when they saidmove on to the next, what did
you do? Because I'm assuming ifyou went to doctors for a surgical type
treatment and that was the response,then you must have tried conservative type treatments
to see if that would alleviate it. Correct. Yeah, So I have
(04:40):
tried physical therapy, I've tried chiropractic, I've tried going to like pain management
counseling, and they never really didanything. When I tried physical therapy,
it I could feel a little bitof like strengthening, but it didn't help
with the pain. And when Iwent to chiropractic, I went there for
(05:03):
like six to eight months. Iwas doing chiropractic almost every week, and
it seemed to help a little bit, and it would relieve the pain for
a day or two, but thenit would come right back and then after
I did that for a little bit, then I would leave in more pain
than I would go there in.So I just decided that it wasn't worth
(05:26):
it because I was causing myself tobe in more pain by going somewhere to
try and relieve my wow. Andso when all of that is going on,
you have to be desperately searching forhelp at that point, because nobody
would want to live that kind oflife. How did you find the Benati
Spine Institute all the way in Hudson, Florida. So my dad actually had
(05:54):
surgery there and he saw you guyson TV. He and my mom had
some scans that I had and hadthem look at them and they gave us
a callback and we're like, wecan help. And that was like,
it's relieved just knowing that I couldpotentially be almost pain free. And so
(06:14):
I can hear the emotion in yourvoice to Evelyn when we're going to place
you now since they reviewed and saidthey could help you, well place you
right there face to face with thedoctor at the institute where they are telling
you what they see and telling youyes again the Benati spine procedures can help,
and then explain what surgery was like, so when I was there,
(06:41):
he went over my scans with meand he basically told me exactly where my
pain should be based off of whatmy scans looked like. And he was
spat and who is he? DoctorBonati himself was in there with me?
And did that put you finally atease that someone was able to tell you
it's not all in your head?Honestly, it felt so good finally hearing
(07:05):
a doctor tell me you're not crazy, you actually have something that we can
help you with and this is whatwe're going to do. And what was
it like in surgery because they utilizeconscious ivsidation so you are able to communicate
through the procedure. And it saysin the notes that you weren't alone in
(07:28):
the oar y'all. They had mymom come in with me and she got
to watch everything. And what didshe think? She thought it was really
cool and you know, just watchingeverything, she was like, you know,
you never think you're going to seesomething like that, and especially on
your own kid. But it madeher feel more comfortable knowing that she's right
(07:49):
there and if they need anything,she's right there, and it made her
more at peace knowing that she knowswhere I am and exactly what's going on
in the moment. And that's unlikeany other place I've ever heard of,
Banati being the one that will actuallyinvite loved ones and caregivers into the room
so that they can see how thatpatient interaction with the doctor works to alleviate
(08:15):
the pain. Now, post surgeryand in the recovery area, what was
it like after the Benati spine procedures. It was nothing that I could have
expected. I mean, I hada little drink and a little bite to
eat, and they were like,okay, let's get up. They helped
me get out of the bed andI was walking ten minutes after I was
(08:37):
fully awake, they had me walking, and then about five ten minutes after
that, they were like, okay, mom, go bring the car around
and we'll walk her out. So, you know, conscious sedation affects everyone
differently, So when that started towear off, they got you up and
walking around. And did you feelan alleviation of the numbness that you came
(09:00):
in with and pain that had beenin your legs? When did you notice
that pain dissipate? Yeah, SoI would say right away I could feel
a difference. I would say thenext day after my surgery, I could
already do things. I mean,it was the day after I had my
surgery on my neck and I couldalready hold a can in my left arm.
(09:22):
That's fantastic. Well, thank youso much for sharing your story of
recovery with us. And again,you are so young, and you had
your whole life ahead of you,and now you really do because now you
can be an active participant in lifeinstead of sitting off to the side and
watching everything and everybody live a lifeyou wish you could. Now you are
(09:46):
that active participant. And again,thank you for sharing your story of recovery
with us. Of Lynn Worth fromSaint Germaine, Wisconsin. Thank you,
Thank you continued good health and healing. If you would like to see more
stories just like this, search theBonati Spine Institute on YouTube. Make sure
you stay tuned. After the break, we'll have more. It's American medicine Today.
You're listening to American Medicine Today,presented by the Benati Spine Institute, featuring
internationally acclaimed inventor of the Benati Spineprocedures, Alfred Benati, MD. Once
again, your host Kimberly Burmel Benatiand co host Ethan Yuger, Welcome back
to American Medicine Today. We wereon the phone with Benati Spine Institute patient
(00:21):
from Saint Germaine, Wisconsin. Let'swelcome Evelyn Worth to the show. Thank
you. Now, why don't youtell us how you came to be in
pain? Once I first started growing, I had noticed some weird pain in
my hips, and it was kindof just brushed off as, oh,
it's just growing pains, you know, it'll go away. And then it
(00:42):
started going down into my legs andthen eventually into my feet, and then
I started getting really bad pains inmy neck right at the base. And
it started off with just pain,and then I started getting really bad headaches,
and then it had went down intomy shoulder, my elbow, and
(01:03):
then down into my hands to thepoint where I couldn't even hold a water
bottle or a can of soda oranything without increasing pain or even just being
able to hold on to it,I lost grip. And I'm going to
assume with the extent of that typeof pain, it had to have truly
impacted your entire life. Yeah.So when I first started having the sear
(01:29):
pain, I was thirteen, almostfourteen, And then when it got to
my neck and down my arm,I was just turning sixteen. And when
I would try and drive around,I couldn't drive because I was to hold
onto a steering wheel long enough tobe able to drive, and then I
was left doing almost everything with justmy right arm. Unbelievable. You're so
(01:56):
young to have to go through themultitude of prier problems that you were experiencing.
Now it says in the notes aboutyou needing to start homeschooling because you
were unable to walk, and itaffected things so much that you had to
quit dance after eleven years. Yeah, so I was in dance since I
(02:20):
was able to walk. I mean, I was in dance before I started
school, and that was something Ireally wanted to see through all the way
until I was done with high school. But my pain and my hips got
to the point where I couldn't evendance for ten minutes without being in such
severe pain that I had to sitdown and I had to be on ice
or I had to go home becauseI couldn't just sit there because of the
(02:45):
amount of pain I was in.And you know, to be fifteen,
going to be sixteen and being told, well, we can't have you at
school because you have to be ableto walk to and from classes. I
mean, I had to put mywhole life on hold just to deal with
the amount of pain I was in. Right, And because you're so young,
you have your entire life ahead ofyou, and with that kind of
(03:08):
impact, what would you really haveto look forward to? So at that
point when it's basically incapacitating you,what do you do? Do you seek
out doctors over there in Wisconsin andwhat is their reaction? I have went
to almost every doctor and none ofthem could ever give me an answer.
(03:32):
I've gotten so many different diagnosises andfalse diagnosis and just been saying, well,
we can't help, we don't knowwhat's wrong. Majority of them are
weren't willing to do any more testingother than just looking at me. Okay,
so they didn't want to test you, But what again, were some
(03:54):
of those diagnoses from those doctors.The biggest one that I have gotten was
fybroid miyalgia, and I got thatfrom three different doctors, and then I
would go to another one and theywould say, no, that's not a
thing, let's keep looking. Andthen they would get to the point of
(04:15):
Okay, well we don't know what'swrong, so I guess move on to
the next. And when they saidmove on to the next, what did
you do? Because I'm assuming ifyou went to doctors for a surgical type
treatment and that was the response,then you must have tried conservative type treatments
to see if that would alleviate it. Correct. Yeah, So I have
(04:40):
tried physical therapy, I've tried chiropractic, I've tried going to like pain management
counseling, and they never really didanything. When I tried physical therapy,
it I could feel a little bitof like strengthening, but it didn't help
with the pain. And when Iwent to chiropractic, I went there for
(05:03):
like six to eight months. Iwas doing chiropractic almost every week, and
it seemed to help a little bit, and it would relieve the pain for
a day or two, but thenit would come right back and then after
I did that for a little bit, then I would leave in more pain
than I would go there in.So I just decided that it wasn't worth
(05:26):
it because I was causing myself tobe in more pain by going somewhere to
try and relieve my wow. Andso when all of that is going on,
you have to be desperately searching forhelp at that point, because nobody
would want to live that kind oflife. How did you find the Benati
Spine Institute all the way in Hudson, Florida. So my dad actually had
(05:54):
surgery there and he saw you guyson TV. He and my mom had
some scans that I had and hadthem look at them and they gave us
a callback and we're like, wecan help. And that was like,
it's relieved just knowing that I couldpotentially be almost pain free. And so
(06:14):
I can hear the emotion in yourvoice to Evelyn when we're going to place
you now since they reviewed and saidthey could help you, well place you
right there face to face with thedoctor at the institute where they are telling
you what they see and telling youyes again the Benati spine procedures can help,
and then explain what surgery was like, so when I was there,
(06:41):
he went over my scans with meand he basically told me exactly where my
pain should be based off of whatmy scans looked like. And he was
spat and who is he? DoctorBonati himself was in there with me?
And did that put you finally atease that someone was able to tell you
it's not all in your head?Honestly, it felt so good finally hearing
(07:05):
a doctor tell me you're not crazy, you actually have something that we can
help you with and this is whatwe're going to do. And what was
it like in surgery because they utilizeconscious ivsidation so you are able to communicate
through the procedure. And it saysin the notes that you weren't alone in
(07:28):
the oar y'all. They had mymom come in with me and she got
to watch everything. And what didshe think? She thought it was really
cool and you know, just watchingeverything, she was like, you know,
you never think you're going to seesomething like that, and especially on
your own kid. But it madeher feel more comfortable knowing that she's right
(07:49):
there and if they need anything,she's right there, and it made her
more at peace knowing that she knowswhere I am and exactly what's going on
in the moment. And that's unlikeany other place I've ever heard of,
Banati being the one that will actuallyinvite loved ones and caregivers into the room
so that they can see how thatpatient interaction with the doctor works to alleviate
(08:15):
the pain. Now, post surgeryand in the recovery area, what was
it like after the Benati spine procedures. It was nothing that I could have
expected. I mean, I hada little drink and a little bite to
eat, and they were like,okay, let's get up. They helped
me get out of the bed andI was walking ten minutes after I was
(08:37):
fully awake, they had me walking, and then about five ten minutes after
that, they were like, okay, mom, go bring the car around
and we'll walk her out. So, you know, conscious sedation affects everyone
differently, So when that started towear off, they got you up and
walking around. And did you feelan alleviation of the numbness that you came
(09:00):
in with and pain that had beenin your legs? When did you notice
that pain dissipate? Yeah, SoI would say right away I could feel
a difference. I would say thenext day after my surgery, I could
already do things. I mean,it was the day after I had my
surgery on my neck and I couldalready hold a can in my left arm.
(09:22):
That's fantastic. Well, thank youso much for sharing your story of
recovery with us. And again,you are so young, and you had
your whole life ahead of you,and now you really do because now you
can be an active participant in lifeinstead of sitting off to the side and
watching everything and everybody live a lifeyou wish you could. Now you are
(09:46):
that active participant. And again,thank you for sharing your story of recovery
with us. Of Lynn Worth fromSaint Germaine, Wisconsin. Thank you,
Thank you continued good health and healing. If you would like to see more
stories just like this, search theBonati Spine Institute on YouTube. Make sure
you stay tuned. After the break, we'll have more. It's American medicine Today.
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