Kathryn Magliaro

I am 55 yrs old. I have been married since 1990, going on 34 years . I have 2 kids ages 24,and 26.
I had my own housecleaning, and home organizing business, then I got diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia in 2007. And lost that business, and a huge chunk of my every day living too. I was in constant, severe,intractable pain.
It feels like a bad sinus infection along with a bad toothache, and having a dentist hit your raw nerve while working on your teeth. It can also Feel like getting sh0t in the face. Very explosive like pain that lasts for 5- 20 seconds.
I discovered Kratom in 2019 after trying all the medications used for pain, and also after having 2 , 9 hour brain surgeries.
Nothing helped my pain, nothing except for Kratom. I am grateful for this leaf.
My husband is grateful, and my kids are two. They lost me for many years. I give a lot of credit to my husband, and my kids for enduring this right alongside me.
In families, chronic pain doesn't only affect the patient. It also can have life changing effects on those who live with you. Their world is also turned upside down. So the fact that they stuck it out, and endured my pain, my personality changes caused by meditation side effects, and bursts of anger also from the pain,and lack of rest. They are due that credit, and I happily give it to them .
Now I am back to hobbies, crafts and painting here and there. I can cook or help cook almost every day, and I can help my husband clean too now. I still have some limits, and I still have pain. But it's nothing compared to where this all started, and got to. So I am beyond grateful for this leaf, to have it give me back my life again.