Hi! I had my lumbar puncture/spinal tap yesterday. Sorry I didn't post, but I was bedfast for the entire day, per the hospital's instructions. It went ok, actually much better than the one I had done in 2011. They've improved the procedure, made it much faster, less painful. In fact, even though two surgery nurses …
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I'm having a minor neurological surgical procedure Monday morning to hopefully relieve some Trigeminal Neuralgia-related head and facial pain I've been having. This will be at least my eighth such procedure since summer 2011. Some have worked and some haven't. I had three last year and none of them worked at all, but one I …
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Hyper-chondriac: One Man's Quest to Hurry Up and Calm Down by Brian Frazer My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an interesting memoir. At times, it's often quite funny. At times, it's often quite sad. It's about one man's experience with coming to terms with and trying to overcome his rage, anxiety, tension, and …
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As I may have mentioned, I have spent several months trying to get into Vandy's Headache Clinic before finally finding out I was accepted and getting an appointment. It was for this past Thursday. I was both excited and nervous. Some background. In September 2010, I started getting horrific headaches that I thought were severe …
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So if you've been reading me for any time at all, you're familiar with the fact that I have and battle severe head pain. I have trigeminal neuralgia and have somehow also been diagnosed with cluster headache, both of which are supposed to be among the most painful conditions there are in the world. My …
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