Since trigeminal neuralgia is rare and difficult to treat, and aneurysms are common and simple to treat, this is good news. In the meantime, enjoy my brain.
Monday, December 07, 2009
A Look Inside my Head
As previously reported, I was suspected of having trigeminal neuralgia. The Harvard Health Service's main neurology guy had recently left, so it took a couple of months to see a neurologist. He didn't think it was TN, and I got an MRI. The MRI confirmed that I didn't have TN, but I may have an aneurysm. The aneurysm could be pressing on a nerve and causing my facial pain. However, the suspected aneurysm could be merely me moving in the MRI machine. So tomorrow I get a CT scan, which is fast enough to avoid wiggle misreads.
Since trigeminal neuralgia is rare and difficult to treat, and aneurysms are common and simple to treat, this is good news. In the meantime, enjoy my brain.
Since trigeminal neuralgia is rare and difficult to treat, and aneurysms are common and simple to treat, this is good news. In the meantime, enjoy my brain.
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What an interesting (and not funny...if your post gets any "funny" votes, they're not from me!) head you have.
I hope whatever it is, it goes away soon and with little intrusion.
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