The Velvet Moon Guardian

In 1991, I suddenly started experiencing Trigeminal Neuralgia myself, just like my mother. This is not a hereditary disease, but what do we know? In my case, this evolved fast, like in weeks, into the worst of painful experiences imaginable. Despite increased medication, the episodes continued to get worse in frequency, longevity, and pain.

I remember my ex-wife driving me to a highly specialized neurologist in another city. During the doctor’s visit, I was writing my answers, as I could not talk from the horrible pain. At the end of the visit with the neurologist, I suddenly had an escalating pain episode that would not stop. Thankfully, the doctor’s office was attached to the hospital. I was admitted, pumped full of pain meds, and scheduled for Stereotactic surgery the next morning, the same surgery my mother had. My ex-wife went home to get some rest so she could return for the morning surgery. That night, I remember laying in bed all drugged up and groggy in a dark room, and through the door, a fuzzy shape of a doctor walked in. He started talking to me, and straight away advised me to do an alternative brain surgery instead, saying “you are young enough to handle it”. I remembered thinking that I just wanted the pain to stop, so I agreed. Microvascular Decompression brain surgery and recovery was not easy. But looking back now, in the long run, I fared much better than my mother. Though there is no cure, there was much relief. I wish that I could have thanked that velvet moon guardian that walked in my room and gave me this great advice, that made a big difference in my life since.

Please use this link to review my webspace “Trigeminal Neuralgia”– with years of experience managing Trigeminal Neuralgia by medicine and surgery, and supporting my mother with the same.