Personal
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| Name: |
Allan Brow
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| City: |
Toronto |
| State: |
Ontario |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Marital Status: |
Married |
| Occupation: |
Postal Clerk |
| Age at HFS Onset: |
47 |
| Side Affected: |
Left |
| Year of HFS Onset: |
1999 |
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Treatment History
Symptoms Experienced:
Twitching of eye. Spasm on left side of face incl. mouth area.
Medications Tried: Tegretol - only one week on medication.
Alternative Treatments Tried:
Tried Botox?:
Yes
Still Using Botox?:
No
Botox Comments:
Botox does help, but with droopiness.
MVD?:
Yes
Number of MVD's:
1
Date of Last MVD:
May 13, 2008
Doctor's Name:
Dr. Anthony Kaufmann
Facility MVD Performed:
Health Sciences Centre Hosp.
Winnipeg (Canada)
Spasm Free?:
No
Any MVD Complications?:
Comments:
Update as of 05/23/08 – My surgery on 05/13/08 was a success according to Dr. Kaufmann in Winnipeg (Canada). However the spasms did return after I was released the following day. Dr. Kaufmann told me that they might come back but they should go away within a few weeks or months. Headaches are starting to go away. No leaks,
no Bells Palsy, I just run out of breath very easy. My surgery was not as straight forward as most. It was near a main artery in the brain stem and he said he had to use more Teflon than other surgeries. My recovery is slow but it is progressing better each day.
I have had the twitching for approx.
4 years. No pain, but constant.
Very annoying when talking to someone.
Altogether 8 years now with facial spasms during sleep.
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