Jon Bell, Patient

Update of His Personal Story

Over the past 8 weeks I have had a miraculous recovery from my TN pain - 8 weeks ago, in the middle of a major bout with the TN pain, I scheduled a visit with an experienced neurosurgeon to finally discuss surgical options.

We talked about the simple surgeries to the serious and when I told the surgeon I was a musician and singer, he offered an optional "let's try this first", dietary supplements treatment program - a combination of Omega 3,Lysine, B6 and a one-a-day, multi-vitamin.

I was to take the supplements for a month and then begin acupuncture treatments once I had been on the supplements for 6 weeks.

The neurosurgeon also has a whole-mind and whole-body pain relief clinic next door to his surgical center and teaches yoga and other non-traditional treatments for pain relief, too.

A miracle happened! 6 days into taking the initial supplements, I woke up realizing I had not been awakened in the night with the pain and I began sleeping through the nights.

In another week, the pain was 95% gone - in another week after that, the pain was totally gone! I never did get around to doing the acupuncture treatments. I have been pain-free for 4 or 5 weeks!

I have also continued to take the Neurontin that I have been taking for 6 years. I have been so excited about the "miracle", I haven't wanted to "mess with success" so I will continue to take the Neurontin until I feel I will remain pain-free without it.

Posted 4-14-08