Trusting HIM…On Dec. 17, 2008 I was in a car accident. A VERY large U-Haul truck totaled our SUV! By the grace of God, the three of us in the vehicle walked away seemingly uninjured. Within days of the accident I began suffering with this strange facial pain that ran just above my eyebrow, across my cheekbone, and along my jawbone on the left side. I would get these horrific pains that felt like someone was hitting me in the face with an electric ball bat. At times it felt as if there was an electric ice pick being jabbed into these areas. I waited about a month before seeing a doctor thinking it would get better with time…it did not, it continued to get worse and more frequent! I thought it had something to do with my sinuses and endured some pretty barbaric test only to find out my sinuses were fine. I saw the dentist thinking it was related to a tooth and begged him to take it out, thankfully he would not! After 6 months of seeing multiple doctors, I was at the dentist office getting an injection to try and relieve some of the pain, I had worked at this office for 6 years and was good friends with everyone that worked there. I was telling my story to one of the girls and she reminded me of a patient we had treated when I was employed there who had had very similar pain, Trigeminal Neuralgia was the diagnosis. The dentist agreed that the symptoms were very similar so back to my internist, she completely agreed!
Finally, I had a diagnosis!! Now I just needed to see a neurologist in order to get on the proper meds. There was a 3 month wait to get in to see ANY neurologist!! So my internist started me on the protocol meds and I waited… Since then I have been on MANY different medications trying to manage the horrific pain with anti seizure meds and blood pressure meds for the migraine headaches I developed as a side affect to the pain. As you guys know, these medications are very hard on your system and trying to get my body used to them has been quiet the scary journey… I have almost fallen asleep while driving, I loose my train of thought in the middle of a sentence, forget words completely, can not get the words in my head to come out of my mouth, felt as if I was detached from my body, been so dizzy I have ran into walls and had to completely change my life to accommodate the effects. I have never achieved a pain free state during these past 5+ years, manageable has been the best we could do.
I will be having MVD surgery Wed. April, 23rd. The thought of such a procedure is very scary. But God has given me a great peace about it. I truly feel like complete healing will be a result of the surgery and I will once again be able to sing praises to my Lord and be the wife and mother I so desire to be! T.N. has caused me to suffer much pain, severe depression, and altered my life more than I could ever explain. I am ready for things to change!! PLEASE PRAY for me and my family as we take this huge leap of faith!! I thank you in advance and I look forward to reporting to you as a pain free me!
I will pray the surgery brings you the relief you need. All the best.
God is with you! Everything will be alright…
Thinking of you and sending positive thoughts for a wonderful outcome!
Please check in when you are able too…((( hugs ))) Mimi
Hope the procedure brings you relief from pain and you are able to reduce your medications. best wishes
John
I had my procedure and I am 2 weeks out and doing pretty good, I think. I want to give you a complete update but right now I just wanted to ask a few questions… If any of you had numbness on the side of the face you had the MVD, how long did it last? Mine was on the entire left side but it has come down to about my nose and below including my lower teeth and the left half of my tongue. It gets worse when I talk or eat. My left jaw I SO sore!! Sore to touch, when I eat or talk, anyone else? How long? Also my EAR feels like it has been “broken” haha! I know that’s not possible but boy, it sure hurts!! My scalp feels better after the 35 staples came out 3 days ago but it is still numb pretty much that entire side and I still can not lay on that side at all. I may be expecting too much too soon but I just kinda want to know how others recovered with these issues. It’s only been 2 weeks and I think I’m doing pretty well but I’m my worst critic and I really need some advice here…