MVD Incision Pics
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I'm not posting these to shock, I just thought it might interest some to see what the results of MVD surgery looks like on the outside. One pic is the day after surgery, and the other is from yesterday, a month after surgery. My incision was longer than most, but my case was the worst my surgeon had seen in over 500 procedures. I've still had no pain and no medication since the surgery. My only lingering effect is partial numbness on the left side of my head and face, but there is no loss of motor control so it doesn't bother me at all. I realize that MVD isn't for everyone and isn't always successful, but in my case it was a slam dunk. 100% successful so far.
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wanganui clint71
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colin04561 wanganui
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I can tell you about mine. Done here in Virginia, good insurance with Aetna and I'm paying about $2000 out of pocket over all. The surgery itself is not terribly expensive, but the hospital and the additional doctors were much of the cost for me. Overall, the surgery was about $50,000 USD before insurance. The hospital, for 3 days and 2 nights, was almost $300,000 USD. Yay for insurance.
wanganui colin04561
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wanganui colin04561
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colin04561 wanganui
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Crazy is it not? But that amount is what they submit to the insurance company. After the negotiated amount was paid, my portion to the hospital was about $250. I can't compain there.
Bear in mind that I was in the hospital for 2 nights and 3 days, all of which were in the ICU. I was also staying in the most expensive hospital in the region. Your results may vary.
army183 wanganui
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Have seen the rough breakdown of costs for MVD surgery on here and it looks like it could be anywhere from about 50,000 to 300,00 USD depending on the stay in care time. Does anyone have a ball-park idea if what it would cost to do one privately in the UK? There seems to be a long waiting list for NHS surgery in some regions and I was wondering if it was worth the massive outlay to get it done by your usual neurosurgeon, on a private basis. Methinks this might just be much too much for the rapidly shrinking pension pot!
Good luck to all
Big D
susan33651 army183
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wanganui army183
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Hi Army ...seems to me a lot of money to put out when you ve paid in all those taxes ....find out how long the operation would take on the NH and go from there...if you can stand say three months more pain then it's worth the wait money wise and pension wise! Good luck and let me know how you get on.
wanganui army183
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jkay958 clint71
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Wow Clint, that's a big scar. What kind of meds were you on that allowed you to come of right away?
clint71 jkay958
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jkay958 clint71
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Stupid1 clint71
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Clint71,
Still have double vision had surgery on July 27, 2016 stayed in the hospital until August 8, 2016.
If anyone would like to have an MVD surgery make sure you make your neurosurgeon explain all the side effects to you. As for headaches I had headaches all the time I was in the hospital.
Once I went home I still had the headaches. It will be days before the headaches go away or even weeks. As I said I had my MVD surgery on July 27, 2016. I still have the numbness on the left side were surgery was performed.
Yet, can't I even sleep on surgery side of my head, because it is numbness and I get headache.
I can say one thing about the surgery so far I don't get the shocks, but I still have to take my oxcar and gabby, for a pain in my gum. I Can say that the pain is not as bad as it was before the MVD surgery so far.
What I really wanted out of the MVD surgery was to not have double vision, which my doctor didn't tell me about b4 surgery. Wow! When I woke throwing up bcause I had double vision, I didn't even notice anything about my eyes bcause I was just sick.
Then when I started complaining so much about my eyes, Dr. Phelphs. P.A., she just was ignoring me.
My hubby wanted to talk Dr. Phelphs, but my doctor was always in surgery. This man must have been sleeping in the surgery room.
He would never address my double vision and if I have a stroke til today he says I didnt have a stroke, but MRI shows it.
but my neurologist was one who had MRI done , no really it was when I went to the emergency room that is when it was done.
I could not get an appointment with my neurosurgeon so that he could explain when my double vision which he pretended that I did not have, would go away.
Till this day Dr.Phelphs still says he doesn't understand y I have double vision.
Get this he called my optometrist and tried to get her to say it wasn't bcause of his surgery but she says, yes it is bcause of the surgery.
The MRI was read to me by my neurologist.
I had an accident while trying to get to my restroom in my house and I fell I don't really remember falling, I believe I passed, had to go to the emergency room because of my injuries, hurting me that night.
Had I not gone 2 emergency room I would not have known that I had a stroke, because my neurosurgeon didn't know anything about a stroke.
my neurologist who read the MRI that the emergency room handmade seems like the only one I can get any kind of appointment was with was with my neurologist who referred me to my Dr. Phelphs and Lee Langley Lee
Everyone have a good day.
God bless
us and keep us and give us peace
Tnhurtsme Stupid1
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dawn_49415 clint71
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Hi Clint, I'm from the UK so thankfully my it will be free, quite shocked by the photos but thank you for sharing them. Did you experience a lot of pain afterwards from the operation ?
clint71 dawn_49415
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Not really, thanks to plenty of drugs. You'll have poor equilibrium and hearing as if you have water in your ears, but meds keep the pain at bay.