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The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

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I have suffered with this disease for over 20 years and this (plus a book called Striking Back - which I just also found) have the most accurate description of symptoms and treatment of this disease. Extremely helpful for patient and friends and family members who don't understand the disease and are at a loss to know what to do to help.
I was amazed that the description of the pain that I have given friends and doctors for years is the exact same wording for the pain used in this book.
It gives a person with the disease information on doctors, meds, treatments etc. and hope knowing someone out there is doing something to help. Buy this book if you have the disease or care about someone who does.

This is exceedinlgy helpful information and it is nice to have it compiled in one place.
I would also like to recommend the book - A Pained Life, a chronic pain journey,(ISBN 1-4134-0609-2)- which goes to the next step; a first person account of what it is like, struggling day to day, treatment to treatment and the emotional toll and fight for acceptance from others, family and medical community.

As anyone knows who has TN, there is always an answer to a problem around the corner. I thought this book would have some of those answers waiting for me. Instead it is a research guide to finding your way through the maze of scientific date concerning this curious and painful malady. Somewhat disapointing, but then again it really is a research tool. In that respect it provides a considerable amount of data all in one place.