Sanderson last modified: October 15, 2006
Personal Information
Login: Sanderson
Name: Steve Anderson
City: Madison
State: Wisconsin
Country: United States
Gender: Male
Marital Status: married
Occupation:
Age at HFS Onset: 43
Side Affected: Left
Year of HFS Onset: 1995
 
Treatment History
Symptoms Experienced: Initial eye twicthing to full clonic and tonic spasms of full left side.
Medications Tried: Tegretol
Alternative Treatments Tried:
Tried Botox?: Yes
Still Using Botox?: yes
Botox Comments:
MVD?: Yes
Number of MVD's: 1
Date of Last MVD: April 26, 2005
Doctor's Name: Dr. Robert J. Dempsey
Facility MVD Performed: University of Wisconsin Hospital
Madison, WI (USA)

Spasm Free?: No
Any MVD Complications?:
Comments: Nerve had significant indentation (half the width of the nerve. Dr. indicates full recovery after nerve repairs itself could take up to a year. Now, in July 2995, three months since MVD, things seem to be getting slowly better.

As of October 2006, 50% improvement only.

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