I've written about my health here before at times. I have health problems. In fact, I'm on disability for Trigeminal Neuralgia and several lumbar issues. The pain can be debilitating. Most pain medications don't help. I've had to have a number of surgical procedures to help, but they're limited in scope. I also have severe …
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I went to a new neurosurgeon this week upon the recommendation of my pain management specialist for my trigeminal neuralgia. He was considered to be pretty good. I've had TN Type 2 since 2010 and have suffered mightily off and on over the years. During that time, I've undergone many tests and many minor surgical …
I applied for disability over three years ago. I was denied twice, before hiring a law firm to represent me. I then had two court hearings, where I was again denied twice. Yesterday, I had my fifth chance, my third court hearing. Leading up to this, I was very stressed. I've been extremely anxious. See, …
I had another surgery on Monday. A little neurological thing (two actually) called a Gasserian Ganglion Block and a Radiofrequency Ablation. I've had them before, so no biggie, right? Wrong. They couldn't knock me out! The anesthesia wouldn't work. I laid there for 15 minutes with the anesthesiologist telling me to breathe deeply the whole …
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Last December 31st, I wrote an End of the Year Post where I wrote about highlights (and lowlights) of each month. I don't know that I'm going to do that this year, but I'm going to try to list some of the same types of things for 2012. In January, I was still recovering from …
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