Ginger Vee My Chronic Life

I walked on a broken foot for 8 months before finding out it was broken. Ya know, because I didn’t want to complain about “one more thing” and..hey, it wasn’t as bad as my TN so I could deal with it. Sorta. Did it hurt? Yes. Like hell, every day. And it would swell and was red…It was bad. I ended up needing surgery; I had it done a year after the injury happened (almost to the day). I had a bone that was split in half & had to be taken out of me. 😳🙁

I have dealt with numerous kidney stones, my biggest measuring 11mm! I needed 3 surgical procedures over a 3 month period to get rid of it. I’ve had 9 total. They fuqin hurt too.
I had C-Spine surgery where they removed my C7 disc & fused my spine…with a 12+ month recovery 😵‍💫.

But, no matter my mental space, or physical issue, ache or ailment, my TN pain is constant. CONSTANT. You never have to ask if I’m in pain, I guarantee you, I most definitely am. It just fluctuates from bad, to awful, to indescribably horrendous…then hopefully back to bad.

It overshadows the pain in EVERYTHING. Broken bones. Heartache. Toothache. Surgery recovery. Child birth. Mental health pains. Tattoo healing process’…I have regular pain, too, and it’s just intolerable, but there is nothing as torturous as my Trigeminal & Occipital Neuralgia pain & symptoms. Nothing.

I do believe it’s aptly nicknamed the “Su!c!de Disease” because you have 2 choices: live with it, or let it take you down. I choose life. Even if it’s pain’filled.
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