Thanks for replying ,Laura. I did feel I had an infection .That may have been the reason I was escorted to the Covid ward at RDH-but only for a few hours while I had a lung x-ray taken, without having to leave the bed. No,I refused a covid test as I'm a covid skeptic and following my near death experience (with ARDS) sometime after being injected with booster shots of three vaccines before travelling to Thailand in 2003,I'm now vaccine averse. Very much so.
Today,I feel, the dreaded TN has returned as I am just about over another respiratory infection.It appears so far that TN in very localised on the upper jaw.
When I was in the Covid ward I mentioned and demontrated, to two senior doctors that I no longer had TN .They were not interested.
One has to adjust ,and keep on breathing .Keep walking as my father said when I asked him how did he manage to live to 99.

Welcome dookie .

This is an update on my experience with respiratory infections and the abatement of TN.
I have just finished overcoming bouts -I think three-of respiratory infections during the last 8 weeks.While infected I experienced no TN .This is the third time it has happened in a little more than two years.I have mentioned this observation to two GP's -one expressed interest,the other no interest at all.
Now one week post-infection no TN at all.
From past experience no time to celebrate as the nasty TN is probably lurking just below the surface.
During the last four weeks I have been ingesting one to two cloves of garlic a day as I have become intolerant of antibiotics.I can't see any connection between the intake of garlic and '' apparent'' disappearance of TN.
Keep healthy.

Predictably, once the respiratory problems were over ,TN has now returned.I just have hope that I have only the sporadic fleeting pain on the left side below eye and near the nose though I know at any time I will suffer a bout of intense pain thankfully lasting no more than a few seconds that seem like minutes.
What with the sacro-iliac joint disfunction (every hour of the day without painkillers) ,COPD,and 6-12 monthly check- ups for lung cancer this is an exciting and interesting time of my life with a good computer ,fair-moderate internet connection with the world of knowledge at my fingertips.

Welcome, dookie!

I haven't been hit with TN but know of quite a few people who have found the pain very hard to take. I hope that you can find something that works for you.

Hi I’m new here as well. Your TN sounds similar to mine. I had sepsis from a ruptured colon and left me with a terrible undiagnosed sinus infection. 4 days into antibiotics I started having what I now am sure is nerve to bone in all the foramen ( pathways thru the bone I. The back of the sinus. I had three sinus surgeries a ballon compression rhizotomy and finally had thermal lesioning of my interorbital nerve.
This last procedure solve three of the 4 spots but it still affects the middle avolor branch of that nerve. Good news for me is that I believe my surgeon is willing to lesion the nerve deeper before the branch. I have been dealing with constant pain at about a 3-5 constantly for 3+ years with 1 -5 flares a day that last from 20 mins to up to 2 hrs and this is after the surgeries. Have appt tomorrow to speak with surgeon about next steps. I suggest WVU Rockerfeller neurological institute. I consulted with Mayo, Stanford and UTSW. One surgery at UTSW that I regret. DONT STOP DIGGING AND TALK WITH EVERY NEUROLOGIST THAT YOU CAN GET AN APPT WITH. Do an internet search for your condition and have your GP refer you to everyone that deals with neuralgia. The docs that specialize in TN all know who does TN and what type.

Steve