after my brother died from staph infection after brain surgery in 2005 I had pneumonia doctor wanted me to go to hospital but after I swa my brother lingering for 4 months I refused, received meds and went home. I felt ok but since then I had a bad headeach, and been twice in hospital with pneumonia again, but headach went away with levaquin,went to neuro and told me I had TNA and gave tegretol, headaches became worse and had severe bleeds from lft nostril and left eardrum bulged,and could not keep my balance,
I went to ENT. upon checking inside my left nostril he found blood pooling and put me on fACIT TWICE AS STRONG AS LEVAQUIN AND COME BACK IN SEVEN DAYS HE WOULD CHECK WHAT WAS WRONG, ACCORDING TO HIM PRESSURE FROM ARTERY ON TNA NERVE CAUSED PAIN AND WENT UP EAR CANAL EUSTACHIAN TUBE AND CAUSED ME TO LOOSE MY BALANCE IT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD AND COULD NOT WAIT TO GO BACK, WELL HE DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG and told me to go back to neuro,I also went to the dentist twice he sent me to ondontologist, nothing!had blood test for possible infections nothing, I am just putting this all out there because maybe if we do that we could possibly find what is wrong with us, I am pain free because I take antibiotics twice a day everyday!! for the last year, I found Erythromycin is faster acting less side effect and the cheapest $10 per month, I know I should not be on it but the pressure in the head, in the ear and the nostril is absolutly unbearable and the bleeds embarrassing and costly, so I take the path of least resistance and I have some kind of live,I also have restless legs but found out that a tablespoon of magnisium citrate will get rid of them in 20 minutes, that took me 5 years of observing, talking to other people etc. nice meeting you and God bless you all.Marie

Marie hello and welcome to Neurotalk.

Looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Hi Marie, welcome to NT!

I am embarrassed to admit I don't know what "tna" means, and putting those initials into the search didn't help either, lol.

Either someone who DOES know what you mean will come along shortly to help, or you can explain further to me in here, and then I will provide any links that might help.

Sorry I'm not being or more help, but I at least wanted to say hello and welcome .

Hi Marie and welcome. It sounds like you've been through a lot!

Are you speaking of trigeminal neuralgia? If it is, our Trigeminal Neuralgia forum is at this link. http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26

Do stop by there and share your story. I hope you find this place as supportive as I do.

Hi, Marie, welcome to NeuroTalk!

Look around and feel free to jump in anywhere. I hope you'll find this to be a supportive and friendly community.