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  • How I Fight TN: Mandi Ginn-Franz

How I Fight TN: Mandi Ginn-Franz

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T18:11:51-06:00January 30th, 2020|

Nine years ago, I went to lunch with some colleagues at work, and when I returned to my office I had one of the worst toothaches I have ever felt.   I immediately left work and went to the dentist, who after tests and x-rays, could not find anything wrong with the tooth.

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  • Finding Relief From TN: Kelsey Zachary

Finding Relief From TN: Kelsey Zachary

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T12:25:50-06:00August 4th, 2019|

I am often asked about my TN journey and my decision to get brain surgery in an attempt to help manage some of my symptoms. Today, I am exactly 1 year post surgery

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  • Family Fights TN Together: Cheryl Orlet

Family Fights TN Together: Cheryl Orlet

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T12:19:13-06:00December 7th, 2018|

Cheryl Orlet is an amazing mother of three, two boys and one girl, of which one of the boys and the girl are twins. Although she is a TN Warrior, as we call them, she still manages to attend almost all of their soccer and baseball games and competitions.

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  • The Purpose Of Pain: Shelly Forster

The Purpose Of Pain: Shelly Forster

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T17:01:21-06:00May 21st, 2018|

It was Shelly Forster’s most burning question: What is my purpose? Fighting through reconciling the logistics of her new life diagnosed with chronic pain, rock bottom became her home in 2008 – and it left her with a choice.

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  • The Long Painful Road: Chris Nolze

The Long Painful Road: Chris Nolze

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T17:10:47-06:00January 15th, 2018|

Chris Nolze was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2007 at the young age of twelve. It was his initial diagnosis and the first of his major medical health issues.  

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  • Persevering Through Pain: Anthony Rhines

Persevering Through Pain: Anthony Rhines

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T17:18:10-06:00July 19th, 2017|

Anthony Rhines is no stranger to pain.  In 1999 he was hit by a drunk driver and was told at the time that “you are lucky that you survived” it.

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  • A True TN Warrior: Cathy McKinnon

A True TN Warrior: Cathy McKinnon

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T18:15:24-06:00May 14th, 2016|

Cathy had raised her two children as a single mom. They are her best memories, hard as they were. Melanie, the eldest by 2 ½ years, and her brother Jack, both started swimming early in life.

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  • Fighting Back Against TN: Allison Provaire

Fighting Back Against TN: Allison Provaire

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T17:37:37-06:00April 4th, 2016|

About 3 1/2 years ago I started having what I thought was a migraine, a skull crushing, ice pick to the brain migraine. It went on for days, which turned, into weeks and soon my concern began to mount.

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  • A Remarkable Woman: Beth Markesino

A Remarkable Woman: Beth Markesino

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T17:39:27-06:00January 28th, 2016|

Beth Markesino has found ways to take control back from her TN. Ways that may work for others. And she is very open, ready to share, raising awareness every chance she gets.

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  • Fighting For A Cure: Rebecca Thorpe

Fighting For A Cure: Rebecca Thorpe

matt@leadtooth.com2021-02-20T17:40:53-06:00November 17th, 2015|

Rebecca wants to know “why”. She is considered a newbie to TN, just having it for four years now. She knows the date, as most TN sufferers do. April 10, 2011.

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