“Hello, my name is Jose. About 10 years ago I was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia, and more recently with cluster headaches. Both are conditions of the trigeminal nerve, with very intense pain, and those who have had them liken it to having a limb severed. I’ve lived with this every day.

For 10 years I’ve tried different medications, and different combinations of medications, and not much relief. When I wasn’t in pain I was so highly medicated that my life was just barely functional.

Then I became aware of Dr. Harris’s procedures, and at first I was skeptical because migraine is a word associated with a lot of it, but this was certainly not a migraine. I told Dr. Harris, “I don’t have a migraine”, but he said “that’s ok” because I’ve got the goods, basically. He explained everything to me and it seemed to me like kind of a simplistic process for such a complex issue. But I went forward, because anything’s better than living life in a fog.

These people were so good to me, Karen and Robin, and the treatments were just so comfortable. sometimes when I would shave I would have intense pain, and yet these guys would do therapy to the same areas and it didn’t make me spike at all. So that was kind of a sign, too, that all of this was supposed to work for the good.

It’s been amazing. I feel so much better. It used to be that if a doctor asked me, “When’s the last time you spiked?” I’d say, “What time is it now?” Now I say things like, “It was two Fridays ago, but I’ve just had a couple of pain episodes since.” After 10 years, I’m finally able to pick up the pieces I left behind.”

Cluster Headaches – History of Trigeminal Neuralgia.