Thank you so much for this product and your kind and expert guidance. My mum has been suffering from Trigeminal Neuralgia for two years and this product has started to give mum relief.
Trigeminal neuralgia is an excruciating and debilitating nerve pain in the face. The pain can be so extreme that those effected are unable to touch their face, smile, brush their teeth, speak, eat or drink. I have witnessed mum screaming in pain for an hour with this pain. The medical profession are offering a range of pain medication that may start at 25mg and increase to 500mg to meet the pain of this condition. Many medications cause extreme drowsiness. I have also recently heard of an operation performed to alleviate this pain. Malnutrition can also result as the pain makes it hard for the person to swallow. I have witnessed all of this as my mum's main carer.
In December I found out about these earthing products when I was looking for relief from the electro-magnetic hyper sensitivity that I was experiencing. (The mat has been helping me, I'll leave a separate review another time on my relief). In chatting with Jen Finlay I realised that earthing may also help my mum. Therefore I ordered the Grounding Therapy patches for mum and an Elite earthing mat for me from Jen's guidance. Mum got some relief from the trigeminal neuralgia pain immediately she was connected to the Grounding Therapy patches.
Unfortunately mum fell and broke her hip in early January and due to complications she has been in hospital for over a month now. In response I took her Grounding Therapy patches in to hospital so that she could continue this treatment in hospital.
When the hospital staff saw the product I was advised to speak with the ward sister about this therapy being part of mum's treatment. I then followed a path that enables mum to have the therapy as part of her treatment today. The path, so far, was as follows, in case it is of benefit to you: 1) spoke to the ward sister to find out who to approach. 2) My mum was in the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital and I was invited to raise mum's request for grounding with the head pharmacist at the hospital 3) The head pharmacist said they had no problem with Grounding Therapy and that I needed to go back to the doctor in charge of mums care in hospital 4) I spoke with the pharmacist on the ward who relayed our request to the doctor 5) The doctor gave permission. I was told that this would be written onto mum's notes as part of her care.
I am not sure it was written onto mum's notes as part of her care so I continue to ask individual staff that I see that mum is reconnected at all times.
When mum was moved to the Norwich Community Hospital on Bowthorpe Road in Norwich a few days ago I relayed all of this to them. They said they had no problem with connecting mum.
During this period of a month mum's condition had been getting worse; anxiety exacerbates the condition. And in my view hospital staff are unable to give the individual care that someone in mum's condition needs. At my wits end I took in my earthing mat and connected mum to both the Grounding Therapy patches and my Elite Earthing mat on Saturday.
When we arrived at the hospital on Saturday mum was wincing in pain, unable to smile or speak, unable to swallow, depressed and pail. Again she had been disconnected from the patches and not been reconnected. Two and a half hours after connecting mum to the Elite mat and Grounding Therapy patches she was able to speak and smile. On leaving I asked the nurse on duty that mum be connected to the mat and patch at all times when in bed and in the chair. She asked to be shown what to do and when she came over to mum's bed she was taken aback with the change in mum in such a short time.
Mum has had arthritis for years and suffered many other debilitating conditions in the past two years. She has been unwell for some time and this has affected her confidence. We will see how she improves. She is weakened by a lack of food and lack of movement. I'll keep you posted on how things go. But for today she is experiencing some relief from a condition that many professionals are scratching their heads regarding a cure.
Best wishes from Jenny Haycocks