In the Face of Darkness
I waited in the tiny exam room with my head wrapped up in a scarf, because the fluorescent lights have been a trigger for me since childhood. The doctor came […]
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Trigeminal Neuralgia in fiction
Excerpt from Orion Cross My Sky: The house, including his bedroom, smelled like his mother’s stale cigarettes. Orion clambered out of bed, his face aching. It had been a cold […]
Return of the TN Beast
I keep hoping that one day I’ll wake up and the pain will be gone. I give myself that benefit of the doubt. My gift to myself is the desperate […]
If only I didn’t have to eat
Over the past few months, my expenses have dropped considerably, but because of the huge amount of medical bills I had to put on my credit cards, I’m in serious […]
Drop the doctor, bring on the fresh air
Something that has caused me a lot of discomfort recently is fluorescent lighting. I was frightened to go out, but I did it anyway; I don’t want my TN to […]
Don’t try this at home, kids: Part 1
The vertigo began when I cut one of my medications in half. It worsened yesterday when I stopped taking it altogether. Now I’m feeling listless, though I’m still able to […]