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Balloon Rhizotomy

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Cooking
Cooking

I am going to have a balloon rhizotomy on Wednesday and just want to know any thoughts from anyone who has done this.  I have had a MVD and Gamma Knife done already with no success and am hoping this will work.

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  • dan-the-man
    dan-the-man Cooking

    Posted

    im so sorry that the MVD didn't work. I just had MVD with 4 sponges 8 weeks ago with perfect results. I guess we are all different,

  • Corky1973
    Corky1973 Cooking

    Posted

    I am sorry you have to go for this operation, .

    i am not familiar with it ,

    but was diagnosed with terminalga Neuralgia ,and was advised by a friend to try CB D balm and as soon as I did the first application , the pain disappeared. I don’t know if this helps   .

  • Guest
    Guest Cooking

    Posted

    Hello Cooking, Sorry to hear the other procedures did not work, I have never heard of a balloon rhizotomy and wish you well with it. I did have a rhizotomy carried out in 2014, but it involved a crushing of the trigeminal nerve and this certainly "cured" the TN for me, but there were unfortunate side effects and I am left with a condition called anaesthesia dolorosa which is extremely unpleasant and there is no known medical cure for it. I do not want to scare you, but my advice is to avoid this cutting of the nerve even though it may be successful in curing TN the side effects can be horrific in a small number of cases. Best of luck anyway.

     

  • chris78446
    chris78446 Cooking

    Posted

    i have just had it done no more pain but the op was a success but im completely numb on that side of my face 
  • chris78446
    chris78446 Cooking

    Posted

    i had mine done last week every thing went fine no pain its getting used the frozen face i believe it lasts for a few weeks but after 3 days iim starting to get used to it

    i had mine done in Southampton

    general

    good luck

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