Thursday, June 19, 2008

Susan's roommate

This morning, in the kitchen, I ran into the relatives of Susan's roommate in 519G. As I thought, she had the same surgery as Susan did except that her blood vessel was impinging on the 5th cranial nerve instead of the 7th. The 5th nerve is the chief nerve of sensation for the face. Instead of twitching, this woman had shooting pains in her face for three years. She couldn't go outside in the winter because the cold air caused incredible pain. Her relatives had to do everything for her.

Kassam performed the surgery. Like Susan, her symptoms are gone and she appears to be completely cured.

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