Personal
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| Name: |
Maddy Benson
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| City: |
Stockbridge |
| State: |
Vermont |
| Country: |
United States |
| Gender: |
Female |
| Marital Status: |
married |
| Occupation: |
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| Age at HFS Onset: |
57 |
| Side Affected: |
Right |
| Year of HFS Onset: |
2002 |
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Treatment History
Symptoms Experienced:
Medications Tried:
Alternative Treatments Tried:
Tried Botox?:
No
Still Using Botox?:
Botox Comments:
MVD?:
Yes
Number of MVD's:
1
Date of Last MVD:
October 04, 2006
Doctor's Name:
Dr. Peter J. Jannetta
Facility MVD Performed:
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
Spasm Free?:
No
Any MVD Complications?:
Comments:
Update as of 10/04/07 – About 3 weeks post-op I announced that I was spasm free. Shortly after the announcement, I had the scary “facial droop”. It resolved very quickly and was back to normal by 3 weeks. When the droop resolved, the spasms came back. It has been a very tough year, the constant monitoring of the twitches and spasms and the many, many ups and downs. When the spasms returned slowly and different, I thought it would all be okay, but it seems I am going the 'wrong' way here! Hope is a wonderful thing, but there comes a time when it is better to face facts, accept the situation and move on. At 11 months, I stopped believing this was ever going to improve without another surgery. When it gets to be too much, we will talk again about another surgery.
Click here to see my "MVD Diary".
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