Terri R.

I remember meeting Terri for the first time, and it has been wonderful to see her take back control of her health like this. Wishing her continued good health. – Dr. Perlmutter In January 2013 a slight eye tic that I have had for a few years suddenly turned into very hard spasms on the entire left side of my face. Whether I was awake or asleep, they were constant. They were so severe my speech was slurred; I couldn’t drive, read or do much of anything. My life came to a complete halt! I was even dealing with a lot of depression as a result. I just did not feel right. I went to a neurologist in Montgomery and the diagnosis was Hemifacial spasms. I also had an MRI that showed white matter lesions on my brain with the possibility of MS. The good news was that there was no tumor pressing on the facial nerve causing the spasms, so most likely there was a vessel pressing on the nerve. I was informed that there are only two treatments for Hemifacial spasms. One is Botox injections every three months in the muscles of the face to stop/freeze the muscle from spasming, and the other is brain surgery to put a Teflon barrier between the blood vessel causing the problem and the nerve. In the majority of cases Botox works well and surgery is not needed. I chose the Botox, and it turns out I was the statistic that did not tolerate it well. It completely paralyzed the left side of my face and closed my left eye completely. I had double vision so bad I could hardly walk without as...
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