About me

Hi, just want to introduce myself and tell you a little about my blog. I am 39 yrs. old , married and have a wonderful little girl who is 7. I have been living in pain since Thanksgiving 2006. Exactly 2 days before Thanksgiving , I can remember because it came on so strong, I was sitting on my porch and if felt like something just blew inside my nose , my entire face has been in pain since. I deal with a burning nose to which it feels as if a lighter is being held up to it, it is dry , bleeds and the pain progresses to my eyes and then my forehead. I have noticed my right eyelid has started to droop. For the past 4 years i have been diagnosed with migraines. I knew it wasn't a migraine because i have had one before , this was a totally different pain that NOTHING would help not even migraine meds. I call this dying to live because the meds that are going thru my body and that have been put in my body is killing me. I recently took a pharmacy technician class at Chattanooga State and in the process have learned how these meds affect you. I have been to Athens, Erlanger and Vanderbilt to see specialists, finally last month I was sent to St. Thomas in Nashville where a Dr. finally diagnosed me with Trigeminal Neuralgia, I also have fibromyalgia (severe pain in my neck and upper back) . Ten years ago I got shingles in the neck which dr. believes caused my fibro, now he believes the shingles have basically resurfaced in my face (yay for me ). Alot of people say you would never know by the way you act and look. I have my good days and my bad. I put a smile on my face and learn to live with the pain. Four years is a lil long tho and I AM getting tired. I know there are other people out there who suffer from this and I hope they see my blog and can finally get some relief theirself. I have only been on my meds for 3 weeks so i haven't had much relief yet, they said there is no cure just trial and error to see if we can ease the pain. Once again , what kind and what effect will these pills have on me in order for me to just get a little bit of relief so i can enjoy living. Right now if it wasn't for my little girl , I would just as soon leave this earth. Her and my husband keep me going. I am going to post the meds i have been on and side effects for others who are on these, I will also be posting new meds and up to date pharmaceutical news as well as crimes and scams. If anyone would like me to answer any questions please feel free to contact me.