Denise Stout would keep a 20-pound weight to drop on the floor if the neighbors were being too loud when she had her migraines.
Denise takes a pain pill as she stands in the mostly dark kitchen of her apartment. When she had a migraine, she kept her apartment very dark.
Jill Neumann, physician assistant, right, assists while Dr. Kevin Delaney gives Denise botox injections to help with her migraines before trying surgery.
Dr. Brian Kubiak, center, listens to Dr. Kevin Delaney as they start Denise Stout's surgery.
Denise's doctors start her migraine surgery on the nerves around her eye.
Left to right, Dr. Delaney, Dr. Jason Ulm and Dr. Kubiak perform migraine surgery on Denise Stout at Ashley River Tower.
Kathy Struthers, RN, right, assists Dr. Delaney, left, Dr. Ulm, center, and Dr. Kubiak as they perform migraine surgery on Denise.
Instruments are lined up for the doctors to use during surgery.
Dr. Delaney releases the pressure on one of Denise's nerves that is causing her excessive migraines.
Dr. Kubiak and Dr. Ulm, right, operate on Denise.
Left, to right, Dr. Kubiak, Dr. Delaney and Dr. Ulm perform migraine surgery on Denise's neck. 
Dr. Delaney, right, and Dr. Kubiak perform migraine surgery on Denise Stout at Ashley River Tower.
A few months after her successful migraine surgery Denise receives kisses from one of her puppies as she walks them outside. Now that she is mirgraine free, she is able live her life again and have pets. 
Denise throws her hands up in joy now that she can be outside in the light instead of having to live in the dark due to the migraines she'd have on an almost daily basis.
