mbruni last modified: February 14, 2007
Personal Information
Login: mbruni
Name: Mary Bruni
City: Burnaby
State: British Columbia
Country: Canada
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Office Manager
Age at HFS Onset: 48
Side Affected: Left
Year of HFS Onset: 2004
 
Treatment History
Symptoms Experienced: Sympotoms began in October/2004. Started with eye twitching and spasms on left side of mouth. Did not think much of this at first. Thought it would eventually go away on its own. Jan/2005 saw family dr. She sent me to have messages. Did not work. I have constant muscle spasms and twitching in the lower and upper lid of my left eye. Sometimes I cannot open eye as wide as right side. Mouth has spasms and feels like it is pulling to one side, making it difficult to speak. I also have fluttering in my left ear as well. Stress & fatigue are triggers, which then brings on migraine headaches.
Medications Tried: Message therapy - did not work
Clonazepam - did not work
Tegratol - did not work

Alternative Treatments Tried:
Tried Botox?: No
Still Using Botox?: Not Applicable
Botox Comments:
MVD?: Yes
Number of MVD's: 1
Date of Last MVD: January 19, 2007
Doctor's Name: Dr. Chris Honey
Facility MVD Performed: Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, (Canada)

Spasm Free?: No
Any MVD Complications?:
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