I am very excited to tell you my AWSOME GREAT NEWS
I have just returned from my follow up appointment with Dr Tymianski at Toronto's Western Hospital.I seen Dr Tymianski only for a few moments.He asked how I was doing I replied AWSOME.He smiled from ear to ear then proceeded to tell me that IT SHOULD NEVER RETURN .I smiled and almost started to cry.He said it was a classic case of a blood vessel compressing my trigeminal nerve and that he corrected it with Teflon.
I just want to thank all my friends here in Living with TN.People & friends have been so supporting I thank you all so much.
Please if ther is anything i can do to help please just msg me.
Hi Carmen
I got lucky when it came to my family doctor refering me to the neurologist.Ther is only 2 neuros in Guelph and both were booked 6 months in advance so my doc sent referel to kitchener neuros.I got in to see Stewart because they had a cancellation.He could not find the problem even after 2 MRI’s both came back normal.He refered me to Tymianski at Toronto’s Western Hospital.
I do know this…if at any time you really want to see a neuro or possibly Tymianski you could go directly to Toronto’s Western Hospital and go to emerg.They have neuros there that will see and help you.I was very fortunate do to my age and the length TN had bothered me.Also Tymianski told me the first visit…that if Tegretol was helping it deffinetly was TN.The less time you have TN the better the chances are they can fix or controll it.So if you are in desperate measures go to Toronto.Western is probably one of the best hospitals in the country & Tymianski is if not top surgeon he certainly has the credentials to back up being one of the best.I wish you all the best
please dont hesitate to ask anymore questions I would love to help
Brian
Carmen said:
Hi Brian, As I am new to this site and as we happen to both be in the GTA I was wondering if you could give me quick summary of how you came to see Dr. Tymianski. I have only recently been diagnosed with TN and am not thrilled with my neurologist. My GP made it sound like I will have to live with this condition forever. At what point do the doctors suggest surgery? I don’t think that I am even close to experiencing the kind of pain most people on this site suffer from primarily because I am mostly numb on the right side om face but I am starting to experience the electric shocks everyone speaks about. Hope you don’t mind sharing and congratulations on being pain free. Sincerely, Carmen
Hi Brian. Did you have a surgical procedure? Sorry I’m all new to this (unfortunately) and am unfamiliar with Teflon. What tests did they do to determine it was compression? Thanks, I’m really pleased to hear you’re pain free.
Hi Karina
I had MVD surgery January 29 2010.They surgically put a Teflon pad between the Trigeminal nerve and the inflicting blood vessel to prevent the vessel from compressing the nerve and causing the problems.Ther is alot of info out there on this proceadure.Hope this has helped…feel free anytime to ask any other questions i’d be happy to reply.
Brian
Karina said:
Hi Brian. Did you have a surgical procedure? Sorry I’m all new to this (unfortunately) and am unfamiliar with Teflon. What tests did they do to determine it was compression? Thanks, I’m really pleased to hear you’re pain free.
