Botox® Experiences - Sandra Gerstner

I started Botox in March 2002. I could not see or feel any improvement, but continued these injections. We moved from Baltimore, MD to Asheville, NC, to Raleigh, NC and finally to Hillsborough, NC. I have had a total of 4 neurologists during this time and 3 of them did not even mention any surgery for correction.

During the 20+ times I had the injections, I had various results and side effects. It did at times slow the spasms down. However, my left eyebrow is higher than my right; my eye closes, is dry at times and teary at others; my smile is crooked; there has been numbness in and around my mouth which presented problems with drinking, biting lips and sometimes slurred or odd sounding speech.

I have discontinued the shots as of November 2007 and am looking forward to my MVD in August 2008. Anything has to be better than the Botox results.

For details of my MVD surgery see my MVD Diary.

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Sandra Gerstner, April 28, 2008

 

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