I am 78 years old and have fought to end my TGN (herpetic trigeminal neuralgia) for 3 years.I cannot tell you all the treatments and pills I have tried to end this horrendous pain ! Finally. I was told of a procedure that ends the pain. I saw a neuro surgeon , Dr. Neamat, Chief of neuroscience surgery dept at University of Louisville.He told me of an operation which discontinued the pain. The initials of this procedure are DREZ, I can't begin to write the full explanation of these letters much less pronounce them. It is an invasive operation requiring a procedure into the brain.
I had reached my end (almost literal) to ,get rid of my pain, and an invasive procedure was at the end of my list but I could not live any longer with this pain. So it was not a hard decision I made to get more info and have the operation. I was in the hospital 4 days, and I'm now in rehab, writing you from my room. Because the operation must cut some neck muscle on the back base of the head, it takes a little physical therapy to work on the muscles. compensating til the old ones repair. it. was an easy decision for me to make to have the operation, even with this slight setback.
I had the operation 10 days ago and woke up from it pain free. The joy I had brushing my teeth, washing my face, eating food and having my taste and smell return ...all pain free. If you are interested in this, contact Neurology Dept at University of Louisville, Dr.Neamat. you can find address online, my best to you. Susan Lurding