In the summer of 2005 a violent rollover car accident in the remote Big Hole Valley of Montana caused a C4 spinal cord injury that almost took my life--TWICE.

First, I faced a fight to stay alive. After recovering from my physical injuries, I faced a second battle: excruciating, unbearable burning, aching nerve pain. My quality of life threatened to disappear forever. My chronic central pain reached its peak two years later. An MRI revealed that I had developed a cyst, called a syrinx, in the center of my spinal cord. It was Inoperable. My only option was to trial different kinds of pain medications. My doctors worked hard to help me find a solution.

The usual nerve pain medications did little if anything to actually give relief. Narcotics didn’t even touch my pain; they just made it harder to cope. I felt trapped in my body and desperately wanted out. Fortunately, my faith stayed with me and I took the courage to move forward with life and look for solutions.

It was then I discovered something that is set me free from the tyranny of pain. I can't say I'm pain free, but I'm free from pain control over me and my life.

I founded TCC to share what I've learned with others, who like me, face unending, incurable pain.  Welcome to the Journey.