Author: thepaincorner
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I used to be a massive ‘pill shamer’. I sneered at people taking painkillers for their headaches, or period pains. When I had any kind of pain, I used to live by the view that pain was there to tell…
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In July 2015, I first heard the words ‘trigeminal neuralgia’ and a couple of hours later, I first saw the term ‘the suicide disease’ staring back at me on Google search. It made a very painful situation even more frightening.
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When I started writing my blog, I hoped I would help to reach just one other person with Trigeminal Neuralgia and offer them a bit of comfort, but I’m actually saddened to see that my most popular post, which pulls…
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This was the first holiday abroad I’d been on with Trigeminal Neuralgia (if we don’t count that I experienced the first attack of TN in Rome two years ago), so I was very nervous about travelling with medication and with…
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There have been certain benefits of the daith piercing discussed on the internet. Some people have claimed that getting this piercing has successfully cured their migraines, where modern medicine has failed.
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As, most of the time, I’m noticing it on my left side, I do tend to shrug it off with a quick ‘oh, it’s on my bad side, it’s on my TN’s side, I’ll be fine’, because everything that happens…
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You only get one life and mine happens to come with constant face pain. What are you celebrating today?
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Will people think I’m stupid? Am I slurring my words like I’ve had a drink? Do I come across as uneducated? Does this person think I wasn’t listening to them?
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I have had chronic face pain since 2015 and I feel like I’m at the stage where I can, mostly, continue with my daily life as normal. Here are my personal favourite tips for just getting on with it when…
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When I was diagnosed with chronic facial pain, I desperately searched around for hints and tips of how to cope with my new life, but I couldn’t find anything, other than odd bits in different medical forums. I wish I’d…
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