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Podcast: The Health Design Podcast
Episode: Rene Morales, Patient Advocate for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Description: Rene Morales is patient advocate for Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), a rare chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal nerve, which carries sensation from your face to your brain. TN pain is exceptionally severe and at one time was referred to as the “Suicide Disease” because those with TN would rather end their life than live with the pain associated with the condition. Diagnosed in 2018, Rene initially struggled with depression and isolation that affected not only his life, but those who surrounded him. Faced with a choice of continuing down the dark road of depression, or pull himself out of the down...