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| Me! and Dr. Peter J. Jannetta! I really admire this man. He confirmed all our thinking in that the sooner the better. The longer we wait the more damaged the nerve. It is an individual decision though, as to when the quality of life is not acceptable and you opt for a procedure. He believes all symtoms of typical TN are the results of compression. |
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| Joanna M. Zakrzewska, MD Head of the Department of Oral Medicine in London, UK. In addition to writing a book, she has published numerous papers on the medical and surgical management of patients with trigeminal neuralgia. She has particular interest in looking at outcome measures after treatment from the patient's perspective. This is one neat lady!! She really cares about all these side effects of the medications we take. She is bold and brave and stands up and reminds those doctors that talk about using medication as long as we can. Wish you all could have heard her. |
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| Lunch time - 8 of our meals were
included in the conference price. We had a very nice sit
down luncheon. It was good to visit with others and find
out their experiences. WE ARE NOT ALONE!! |
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| Session II: Left to Right: Stephen J Haines MD, Ronald Brisman MD, Beree R Darby PhD, Brian D Fuselier DDS, J Keith Campbell MD. |
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| Session III: Left to Right: Peter J Jannetta MD, John O. Susac MD, Joanna M. Zakrzewska MD, Brian D. Fuselier DDS, Karen A. Stennie, Roger Hinson DC |
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| Session IV: Left to Right: Brian D Fuselier DDS, Ronald Brisman MD, John O Susac MD, Cynthia D Belar MD, C.I. Lin MDB,Ap (dentist and acupuncturist) |
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| Accessing Medical Information through the
Internet Left - William A Friedman MD (Bill explained in great detail how to get on the internet, starting with the very basics. He showed us all different types of files that are available to access.) Right - Richard A "Red" Lawhern Phd (Engineer) (Red concentrated most of his talk on the links that he provides on the Harvard site. He gave us guidelines to follow in searching for information.) |
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| Insurance and Access to Care ( I didn't get
the names of each person in this picture) These are the people that were scheduled to be there. Deborah Lombardi, Peggy Floyd, Dennis Young MD) |
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| Dr. Jannetta entertaining us with his banjo.
Words to songs were passed out along with Kazoos for
those who wanted to hum along. Can't remember all we
sang, but one was "Yes sir, that's my baby"
they were all old songs. |
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| Patients and doctors enjoying a time of fun
and relaxation as Dr. Jannetta entertained us. This time
was very much needed, as we all have been cramming so
much information into our brains. |
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| This was GREAT!! Dr. Jannetta sang acapella
for us, the tune was "Skip to the Lou my
Darling" He sang the words something like this. Pain in my face what do I do? Pain in my face what do I do? Pain in my face what do I do? Go to a doctor or two. The verses go on, one funny one was: Tegretol, Baclefen, Nuerotin; Baclefen Nuerotin, Tegretol; Nuerotin Tegretol Baclefen; Slept all the day my darling. The chorus was tic delurex, tic delurex..... well, you get the idea!! It was hilareous. So great to see a doctor so down to earth. |
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