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(Message started by: EstieSA on Mar 29^th, 2006, 7:11am)

Title: New member , old headache....
Post by EstieSA on Mar 29^th, 2006, 7:11am

Hi everyone !

I'm 44 , female & get my ch in my left eye.

I have had it for the last 12 years but only after 3 unsuccessful operations & tons of medication , did I manage to get the correct diagnosis!

At first it used to come & go at 12 month+ intervals but has turned chronic since Dec 2005.

Current meds:

A injected combination of Pethidene,Stemital & Largactal is 80% effective in aborting an attack.

I use Lignocaine local anesthetic in a nasal spray pump to keep the pain bearable. If used early enough it can abort the ch! Unfortunately in SA we only get 2% solution , I believe 4% is more effective.

Oxygen , as well as any other local medication has had no effect.

The 3rd operation , when the "naughty nerve" was cut , left me without feeling in the facial area , no tears , no nasal drip , no smell and blurred vision , all on the left-hand side. 3 months after the op , the pain was back :-[

Title: Re: New member , old headache....
Post by marlinsfan on Mar 29^th, 2006, 8:51am

Hi Estie, welcome and sorry you're here and hurting.

I'm episodic, when you say you turned chronic in December, does that mean you've been in a cycle and December was the 1 yr anniversary of it? If your cycle started in Dec, you're not chronic yet!

What about O2? You say it didn't work. Did you use a hi-flow regulator and a non-rebreather mask?

I hope you find some relief. Here is a document with great info on meds.

http://www.brightok.net/~mnjday/chtherapy.pdf

PF wishes.
Jose