1st mvd lasted 2 years, 2nd mvd lasted 1 1/2 years. I am going to have to have the 3rd mvd. Anyone have had 3 or more?
I had only one such operation. The side effect, a brain infection, nearly killed me. But I did get six free weeks in the University of Washington Medical School Hospital. where the operation ocurred. My rub with death convinced me never to have MVD again.
I have quelled my terrible tic with VimPat and Lyrica. VimPat every 4 hours, Lyrica morning, noon and night.
I had my MVD in 2014 and it did get rid of my horrible head pain, which I thought was being caused by several veins being in direct contact with a nerve. But I think trigeminal is more than just a couple nerves , it encompasses a whole battery of nerves varying in size and intensity. although my terrible all-encompassing head pain has gone, I still contend with pain in my face, which for the most part is handled with several pills. My advice: If the pain is so severe that you can not function, get the MVD Good Luck
I see my first answer was incomplete. After 20 some years of pain so severe flashes can cause me to fall to my knees, I have quelled the pain in four-hour takes by a combination of 1mg VimPat (Lacosamide) four to five times a day and 40 mg. Lyrica three times a day. This combination lasts plus or minus four hours. Keeping to a four-hour schedule is important. Else the pain will nab me. I suggest to all who inquire, to say, yes VimPat is terribly expensive in the U.S., thanks to avaricious, selfish patent owners. So shop where you can overseas. I buy mine in India. My commercial contact is excellent. I do warn to buy enough to see you through two or three months and restock earlier enough not to run out.
August 17I had my MVD in 2014 and it did get rid of my horrible head pain, which I thought was being caused by several veins being in direct contact with a nerve. But I think trigeminal is more than just a couple nerves , it encompasses a whole battery of nerves varying in size and intensity. although my terrible all-encompassing head pain has gone, I still contend with pain in my face, which for the most part is handled with several pills. My advice: If the pain is so severe that you can not function, get the MVD Good Luck
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August 15I had only one such operation. The side effect, a brain infection, nearly killed me. But I did get six free weeks in the University of Washington Medical School Hospital. where the operation ocurred. My rub with death convinced me never to have MVD again. I have quelled my terrible tic with VimPa…
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