I was thinking about my interactions with our local neurosurgeon, who has remained unnamed in my blog so far. I did refer to him in a post after receiving my medical records, as well as my disappointment with his grand rounds at St. Paul’s hospital after I had talked to him on the phone (while in pain) about what I hoped he would say to the young medical practitioners. A good friend of mine suggested that he is a possible candidate for burnout considering the complexity of his professional life. It’s important for me to remember that doctors are human too. Dr. Honey is smarter than I could ever hope to be, unbelievably accomplished and generous with his time and knowledge as well.

I visited Dr. Honey’s website again today and was pleased to see that there is additional information on it. He gives some good preliminary information on trigeminal neuralgia in multiple sclerosis and more detailed information on his page on trigeminal neuralgia . The info is solid, thorough and current.

It has been reported in the literature that people have starved to death from the pain of TN. On his website, Dr. Honey talks about Dr. Johann Bausch, a doctor who starved to death from TN . I believe he’s referring to me in this comment:

Readers will be horrified to know that one of my patients reported that she almost starved to death before the diagnosis was made and she received treatment in 2012. History repeats!

2014 Update **VIDEO NO LONGER AVAILABLE** accidentally deleted by Adobe

I was delighted to see that the Trigeminal Neuralgia Association of Canada has given Dr. Honey the link to the excellent webinar he gave on March 30, 2013. I had the chance to ask a question at the end at 58:00 where I asked “What do you do if your neurologist doesn’t look at your MRI?” and he responded, “get another neurologist”, which is what I ended up having to do. He talked about some neurologists being “a little old school” but it seems to me that there are continuing education requirements for all professions. It’s heartbreaking to learn that we have highly-paid professionals who neglect that responsibility. For those of us out there suffering because of that — thank god for the internet!

Thanks Dr. Honey and TNAC for making this wonderful webinar available.