New Post is Right!

It's been far to long between this post and the last post about a wonderful little Boa hiding in a used truck. There have been many events. Some are the daily kind of fun and some bigger. The event that I am writing about is a review of a past post with new information.
Trigeminal neuralgia or TN is a bastard living inside my head and many others to. It's a nerve that comes out of the side of your head that controls one or the other side of the face. As I get older the nerve sheath is pounded by the blood vessel next to it where both come out of the skull. The pounding of the blood vessel on the nerve sheath, destroys the sheath over time if the 2 are to close to each other. Once the nerve sheath is destroyed frightful pain comes next. Lightning strikes in the head on the side that has the problem. Doctors consider this kind of pain the worst pain in the human body. I have this pain on an hourly bases. Tn is a monster you live with. Neurologist have pain medications, actually anti convolution medications. It's strong stuff that works for a while. It will not work forever. I use Tegretol, and have been using it for 5 years. I have reached the end of it's useful life. It has been a frightful experience. Coming to the point where the pain just can not be managed by what I am used to. You know, just take another one. That was the way for so long. Now I could take a handful, and tegretol will do little or nothing. During this time I have had several frightful attacks. Just horrible pain. I even have methadone or synthetic morphine for emergency's. I took some for the first time in 5 years. Imagine, taking morphine everyday!!! No way. Well it was time to go see Dr. Bell the neurologist in Vancouver Wa. See if there was any hope for a med over having a hole burded in my head to separate the nerve and the blood vessel. I was using the #1 med for TN, and had tried most of the rest. Dr. Bell was my last hope. Long story short Dr. Bell offered a new med, Kappra. There were 2 others new meds to. We just had to try and see what would work. Free samples are great!! This new med WORKS! Kicks my butt, but it takes all the pain away. First time I have been pain free in months and months. I mean no pain at all. Now mind you I can barley walk. Normal for these meds. You get used to them in a few days. First few though you are just hammered. I brushed my teeth for the first time in 6 weeks. I gargled to. I shaved without pain for I do not remember how long. I ate with ease. I could not walk so great, but wow no pain. Also no morphine. So I have my fingers crossed this med will work for a long time. That I will have a lot of pain free days and hours. That I will not have to become an addict to morphine. I also hope I can walk and ride a strait line soon.
Now, there's more. Mary Anne, the woman and love of my life. She has dealt with this. Put up with me. I could not drive myself to the Doctor anymore. She handled a lot of details I just could not deal with. I was that far gone. Pain ruled the day, the hour and the minute. I was not such a nice patient. Just was over the limit. Thank goodness I am blessed to be married to a Goddess. I was a bad passenger. I was a bad friend. I was a bad husband. I was a bad most everything. Mary Anne saw through it all. I know I hurt her feelings several time. What a schmuck I was. I'm sorry Mary Anne, I love you without question. I only hope you can put up with me.