trigeminal neuralgia
n.
Paroxysmal shooting pains of the facial area around one or more
branches of the trigeminal nerve, of unknown cause, but often
precipitated by touching specific areas in or about the mouth. Also
called Fothergill's disease, Fothergill's neuralgia, prosopalgia,
prosoponeuralgia, tic douloureux, trifacial neuralgia.

Sue

heh heh!

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Hi Tony,

I would like to tell you about my wonderful grandmother.  She was  a
really neat lady whom I loved a lot.  I lived with her for a few years
while I was in my 20s. We shared a lot of stories from her growing up
in South Dakota (born in 1887!) , playing basketball on a girl's
travelling team, her work at Puritan Baking Company, her courtship with
my grandfather, marriage at 35 (pretty rare to marry that late back
then), the births of her 3 children, the death of her daughter at 6
months of age. and on and on.  We shared a lot.

In all those times, I NEVER once heard her mention pain or sufferring
from an illness known as tic doulereaux.  I did notice that her face
twitched sometimes, but she never said a word about it, so I just
thought it was a twitch.

Years after her death, this came up in conversation with my dad. He
told me about her ailment.  He said, that yes indeed she rarely
complained about the pain.

That is the way she was.  She accomplsihed a lot in her long life.  She
never sat around feeling sorry for herself.

I always admired her for her intelligence, work ethic, her dedication
to her family and her belief system; her unwavering belief in God and
all that is good in the world.

And she played piano beautifully.  :-)  She was one who always remarked
on my long fingers.. said that I inherited them from my grandfather.
In her own way, she made me feel very special.

Some poeple may think it is selfish to talk about one's family like
this.  I don't.  I think it is much better than sitting around
attacking others in anger because of one's own perceived unhappiness
and pain.  When I think of all the good things in my life, it relieves
my own chronic pain that I deal with on  a daily basis.

Little do complainers know that MANY people suffer, but they do not let
it stop them from living productive, normal lives.  They do not feel a
need to make others suffer because of their own sufferring.

My Grandma shared her wisdom in her very direct and yet always kind
manner with us grandkids.  I lloked up to her in awe, even hwen she was
ailing at 97. Her mere presence in a room always brought a sense of
peace, joy and deep respect within all of us who knew her.

As such, in her life and now in her death,  I will always remember her
with a smile and with much love.

Happy Hallo's eve.

Best,
Sue

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