Q I am 64 years old, active and fully mobile, still working and enjoying life. I live alone, which suits me most of the time, but the lockdowns have been hard. I have recently been diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, a horrible condition that causes severe stabbing pains on the right side of my head, and I really don’t know how to handle it. I have dealt with severe pain before, having had two knee replacements, and I also have moderately severe scoliosis, which I manage mostly with yoga. The problem with this new diagnosis is that severe pain in the head is so much harder to manage because it’s so

Source: The Times November 23, 2020 00:00 UTC