Support Group

Perth Support Group, Saturday 5 August. Dr Nicholas Cooke from Painless Clinic (was WA Specialist Pain Services) Sue Ormrod who suffers both TN and fibromyalgia has found Dr Cooke’s innovative treatment and care most helpful and we look forward to hearing all about his approach in treating TN. Dr Cooke trained at Guys Hospital, London and has been practising as a general practitioner in Perth for 20 years. He became interested in pain management through his interest in orthopaedics, rheumatology and the accurate diagnosis of persistent pain. This promises to be a most interesting and informative talk and a must for those sufferers looking for answers and help along…

Perth: Saturdays from 2 - 4 pm at Grace Vaughan House, 227 Stubbs Tce. Shenton Park. 11 Feb, 8 April, 3 June, 5 Aug, 7 Oct, 2 Dec. Midland: Saturdays from 2 - 4 pm at The Ascension Hall, 17 Spring Park Road, Midland. 11 March, 22 April, 20 May, 1 July, 12 Aug, 23 Sept, 4 Nov, 16 Dec

As we didn’t have a guest speaker members had the opportunity to share their TN experiences, treatments and discuss the many problems which arise in the lives of TN sufferers. We all enjoyed a Christmassy get together and delicious refreshments.

We all enjoyed Professor Lind’s brilliant talk which covered the wide spectrum of typical and atypical TN, its treatments and surgical options available. Members agreed on how fortunate we were to have such highly skilled surgeons and sophisticated technology to provide us with the best possible chance of successful outcomes. Professor Lind kindly answered questions and we were so appreciative for his support and empathy. You can read more in the February 2017 newsletter.

Perth The next Perth meeting is to be held from  2 - 4pm on 3 December at Grace Vaughan House, 227 Stubbs Tce, Shenton Park. This will be our last meeting for the year so do come along and enjoy some Yuletide cheer. All welcome. The meeting on 8 October was a wonderfully enlightening and enjoyable afternoon with our Guest speaker Professor Christopher Lind, a brilliant neurosurgeon who left us informed and hopeful that we may find the appropriate path to pain freedom. Read all about it in the December newsletter. Midland The next Midland meeting is on 10…

Guest Speaker  Prof. Christopher Lind, Neurosurgeon will speak with us on treatments for TN. He specialises in microvascular decompression, percutaneous radiofrequency and also sensorimotor cortex or deep brain stimulation surgery. This a must for those needing answers on which path to take to pain freedom. All welcome.

Next Midland Meeting is on Saturday 20 August from 2 - 4pm at The Ascension Hall, 17 Spring Park Road, Midland. All welcome.