Trigeminal Neuralgia Support

Date 5 May 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I go back to my conversation with my dentist who seemed reluctant at the time to give me a diagnosis for my presenting symptoms. He simply told me to eat soft food. Trigeminal Neuralgia pain I live with pain in my left temple, and ...
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My Biggest Fight

Date 1 May 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I've had lots of things to deal with over the years. Physical issues that have tested my resolve, and mental health. But my biggest fight has to be living with neuralgia pain. Every day is a physical, mental and emotional challenge ...
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Telling It 'Like It Is'

Date 24 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
"Call a spade a spade" is a figurative expression and refers to someone speaking clearly and directly. Calling something out, straight talking, telling it 'like it is' and not how you would like it to be. Speaking truthfully, frankly, and ...
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The CP Diary Community

Date 20 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
The CP Diary is an all-inclusive, open minded, free space to read, not to judge or be judged. Through reading my blogs, I am sure you can all find something to relate to. These are such difficult times. Covid-19 has affected each of ...
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A Sense of Dread

Date 18 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
It's been four months since my twin died and my health is totally different. I am struggling with what I have been told by a holistic practitioner, is a condition called Trigeminal Neuralgia, where each day has become a personal battle ...
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The CP Diary: Continuing to Sow Seeds

Date 14 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
My social media, like most other people's, tends to read like a whodunnit. I hope in time, more people will see why it is necessary to work with, speak and accept the universal truths. It's how the cosmos works, or in the human ...
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Being The Black Sheep

Date 11 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
In the English language, black sheep is an idiom that describes a member of a group who is different from the rest, especially a family member who does not fit in. The term stems from sheep whose fleece is colored black rather ...
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Covid Is Still Out There

Date 8 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
Like 500k other people in the UK, (Google) I am still living in part isolation/shielding with no end in sight. For people like me, lockdown never really ended because society dropped all precautionary measures. Immunocompromised means ...
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Disability Rights

Date 5 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
At school I was invisible, nobody saw me. I morphed into the background, I wasn’t popular. I was ignored throughout my school life. Although my school didn’t know I was disabled, they did know I struggled and to make ...
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Trigeminal Neuralgia

Date 3 April 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
First it was Covid, then it was a cough and flu virus. Having gone for my routine check-up at the dentist it was confirmed there is a tightening of the muscle at the back of my mouth on the left side, my cerebral palsy side. The right side ...
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Newest Addition to the Family

Date 28 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
As a child, my family acquired a couple of goldfish through the fair ground. I shudder at that, but it was my first introduction to a ‘pet’. What I wanted was a dog, but that didn’t happen. Mum being bitten by a dog was the reason she ...
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Why Morality Matters

Date 25 March 2023
Author Ilana Estelle
I write and live my life from a moral standpoint. I always have. Everything I write is assessed and well-thought out. Following the universal ‘rules of the road’ I breathe and live with morality. It’s what makes the world successful. Given the ...
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