Month: January 2017
Public Figures with Chronic Facial Pain: Irish Football Player Christy Toye
Do you ever wonder if there are any public figures with chronic facial pain? It certainly appears there aren’t because surely they would be raising public awareness of our plight…wouldn’t they? Sadly, since the percentage of people with chronic facial pain is presumably the same among celebrities as it is among the general population, they are out there and theyContinue reading Public Figures with Chronic Facial Pain: Irish Football Player Christy Toye →
Your Pamphlet is Here!
The final edits have been made and the pamphlet is ready to share! How to Get It You may print these pamphlets directly from the link above. The pamphlet is designed for standard 8.5″ x 11″ paper, tri-folded. You can also embed the link in your website or blog, download the PDF, and/or electronically share theContinue reading Your Pamphlet is Here! →
Tee Shirts for Chronic Facial Pain
Starting today, I will launch a series of monthly fundraisers selling tee shirts . The tee shirt designs will all be original and they will all be limited time only sales. The tee shirt design I am launching today will only be available in the month of February and after that, it won’t be availableContinue reading Tee Shirts for Chronic Facial Pain →
A Chronic Facial Pain Pamphlet
You’ve just checked in at your neurologist’s front desk and you find a seat, getting comfortable because you know you’ll probably be waiting quite a while. Trying to reserve the small percentage of battery power you have left, you click the ringer off on your phone, and look around you, distractedly. The magazines onContinue reading A Chronic Facial Pain Pamphlet →
Face Facts Personal Profile: Beth Margolis
From time to time, Face Facts will spotlight people who have distinguished themselves through their service to the chronic facial pain community. For this, our first personal profile, we chose the founder of the largest TN support group on Facebook, Beth Margolis. With nearly 11,000 members, Beth’s group – Trigeminal Neuralgia Support – holds a place of great importance in the array of online chronic facialContinue reading Face Facts Personal Profile: Beth Margolis →
New Tech: Neurostimulation for Cluster Headaches
Those of you suffering with cluster headaches (CH) know that there are few satisfactory treatments. Currently, the mainstay of cluster headache treatment consists of inhaled oxygen and parenteral triptans, but the ATI Pulsante SPG Microstimulator may change that. Neurostimulation for CH? From their website: Autonomic Technologies, Inc. (ATI) has developed the Pulsante™ SPG Microstimulator System to provideContinue reading New Tech: Neurostimulation for Cluster Headaches →
How Much Does It Hurt?
Aching, throbbing, searing, excruciating – pain is difficult to describe and impossible to see. So how can doctors measure it? John Walsh finds out about new ways of assessing the agony. 10 January 2017 – by John Walsh One night in May, my wife sat up in bed and said, “I’ve got this awful painContinue reading How Much Does It Hurt? →
CBD and the DEA
On Wednesday, 12/14/16, The US Drug Enforcement Agency published its “Establishment of a New Drug Code of Marihuana Extract” in the Federal Register.1 The register entry proclaims that the DEA definition of “marijuana extract” is: “…an extract containing one or more cannabinoids that has been derived from any plant of the genus Cannabis, other than theContinue reading CBD and the DEA →
