Neuralgia is an extreme pain caused by nerve damage. Vic Lang suffers from postherpetic neuralgia, the result of shingles, a common if painful complication of the disease.
Neuralgia Quotes in The Turning
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The neuralgia rattled him. It was usually the precursor to a relapse. And, God, he didn’t want to return to how he was at Christmas – the searing headaches, the blisters. Gail was right to be afraid. It frightened him too, this total collapse, because he felt his mind teetering t its limit. He’d been this close before but he’d never told her. At this great distance he could still see himself, the boy behind the curtain, cradling death in his arms. He was forty-four years old but he felt just as helpless. He knew what the boy didn’t, that you couldn’t keep soldiering on indefinitely. But beyond that, even at this age, he still didn’t know the first thing about saving himself.
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...it. She quickly backs down, however, as Vic is clearly unwell and is suffering from neuralgia.
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When Vic wakes up, the neuralgia has passed. He walks outside, reflecting on the drive. Strangely, what he is stuck on...
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