International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day October 7th!

I have trigeminal nerve damage resulting from a fall onto a concrete floor. My top root is damaged and I wanted to kill myself. The pain was constant as if someone was taking a knife and continuously stabbing the top of the right side of my head. I've had 4 steroid shots and my forehead is caving in. It is a horrific thing to live with - the most excruciating pain I've ever known.

Prayers to my cousin Crissy and everyone else who is battling this horrible disease.

I rally hope that this will help people like may nephew and all you lovely people who are afflicted with this disease!

Please help others to understand there is a difference between a headache and wanting to cut your head off kind of pain.

I am supporting this because I too have this illness! Help us with the awareness and find a cure!

:-) <3 God bless you for helping us

Wonderful idea. Well done. Good luck.

I have been a sufferer since 2003.

With this pain, life is no more than just to be lived.

I have found that in my area, many of the doctors are sorely undereducated in regards to TN and how to treat it, especially when a patient presents to an Emergency Room for an acute attack. Shedding light on this topic, and ensuring that all hospitals have a pain management protocol in place for Tn sufferers would go a long way in helping those who are in desperate need of aid. Please ensure that those in the medical profession know everything there is to know about this horrible condition so that they can assist those who come to them begging for relief. I've heard too many stories of sufferers being turned away, accused of abusing drugs, and left to suffer all the more. This is inexcusable! Please strengthen the voice of the sufferers by backing up the authenticity of this rare and horrible condition. Thank you.

We need to cure this thing. People like us shouldn't be destined to a life of pain!

I got a friend who has this condition and she is staying with me at the moment

for marshall pate

It is so sad to see my wonderful young daughter crippled by this terrible condition.

for marshall pate

for marshall pate

for marshall pate

for marshall pate

for marshall pate

for marshall pate