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How do I navigate a life-changing diagnosis when my partner has an invisible disease?

And I guess the other part is how do I grieve the unknown?

Trigeminal neuralgia.

Oh, man.

So you look it up and it's, you know, number one most painful diagnosis that someone can get.

What's up, homie?

Oh, not much, brother.

I'm in it right now.

Yeah, I guess, you know, I've listened to you for a long time.

Really, really love all the wisdom you give, and thank you so much to you guys on the team.

But my question, you know, how do I navigate a life-changing diagnosis when my partner has an invisible disability?

disease.

And I guess the other part is how do I grieve the unknown?

Uh, trigeminal neuralgia.

Oh man.

So you look it up and it's, it's suicide disease.

Um, you know, number one, most painful diagnosis that someone can get.

Um, you know, she was diagnosed a few weeks ago.

Um, I work in healthcare in, in New York and kind of seeing the other side of the system and, and,

how, you know, for context, for everyone, it's a severe, shocking pain to one side of the face that is debilitating, puts people on disability.