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Can't Live with Migraines Any More - Las Vegas, NV

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After 40 years of dealing with migraines thru...

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karenrkingJune 4, 2014
WORTH IT$10,000
After 40 years of dealing with migraines thru different methods, and was finally worn out from drugs masking effects and putting me in a continual fog, went to see Dr. Khorsandi on cost of Botox, he introduced us to migraine decompression surgery. His experience had shown that there is no reason to treat the migraine by masking the effects with drugs but to repair the cause and hopefully lessen or eliminate the migraine all together. The surgery was Mar.25/14 and today is June 4/14 and have been migraine free, even with drastic weather changes and stress from depression, woke from surgery and said " my god the spike is gone !"

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J at RS
June 6, 2014
Thanks for sharing.  Can you tell us a little more about this surgery, I've never heard of it before.  Congrats on being migraine free!
KayakQueen
April 10, 2015
I'm so glad you posted this and that it helped you! I had a chance to receive Botox for migraines. I have atleast 1 bad one every week, including nausea & vomiting. And, less severe ones atleast 2 times a week. Plus, cluster headaches, tension headaches, vascular headaches & sinus headaches. Because of the migraines, I had a Mini stroke on 12/12/14, my Dad's bday. Anyway, I backed out of the injection because I let the "what it's" very on the way. Mostly afraid it might make things worse. I've lost enough of my life & family time, including getting fired from my job of 10 yrs because of migraines. I'm now on Disability due to them. I guess my question for you is,... Have you had any side effects? And, when you said "I woke up", does that mean they put you to sleep? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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jtfever
June 7, 2015
I don't know what surgery you are referring to? I thought this forum is for Botox for migraines? My experience has been amazing. No side effects and been migraine free since I been on Botox for migraines.
sharonval
February 20, 2016
I am looking to get botox for migraines in the coming month. Have you had any problems with neck pain or not able to hold our neck up after botox injections? I have read that alto in peoples comments after injections and I can't afford to miss work from not being able to hold my head up:(
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jtfever
March 14, 2016
Not at all. No side effects. I went from every day migraines to 1 a month or none at all. And the one migraine I have is not as strong and does not last long.
just_moi
June 17, 2015
Do you have an update on how things are going now that you are a year out? I have had one round of botox and will have a second and then hopefully surgery by the end of the year. Anxious to hear some real results.
christinalcm
June 18, 2015
I don't understand the medical reasons this is working. I need to before I do it but I have suffered with chronic migraine since I was a child. I have tried everything eastern and western medicine have to offer except Botox. Please, someone explain to me how a cosmetic treatment to deaden nerve endings helps a vascular condition?! I need to understand before I take such a drastic step as physical alterations, albeit minimal ones. I am desperate for understanding and no doctor I have spoken with can answer this question in any way other than 'it just seems to help'. Plastic surgeons have the best data. I am begging for some logical hard science! Please!
just_moi
June 18, 2015
Christina, from what I can piece together from conversations with my neurologist and plastic surgeon that did my botox and would do surgery. Migraines are a vascular condition and the tendency to develop migraines from a headache can not be altered by surgery. The surgery likely can't rid them 100% because it isn't going to get rid of every type of headache you get. That said, for some people like me a lot of the same type of headache that can be addressed. 99% of my migraines start in the left side of my neck due to muscle spasms constricting the optic nerve. I had botox to freeze these muscles and prevent spam and so far it has been greatly successful. We will do it again and if also successful then surgery can be done to decompress those nerves permanently. Hope this makes some sense, I am about 3 hours out from a septoplasty and sinus surgery.
christinalcm
June 19, 2015
That actually is very helpful, thank you! I have chronic sinusitis, and have had to have two infections surgically removed. There is no predicting where my migraines will strike, however. (Left or right), and there is a hormonal component to them as well. I often have optical symptoms... (usu. an aura pre-migraine, and if it's a bad one I will sometimes loose vision in one or both eyes). Additionally, nausea is part and parcel of my migraines.
Tension, stress, or sinus headaches will often trigger migraines for me.
They were manageable before menopause, (with the treatment and exercises - biofeedback, yoga, and meditation - I was down to 2-3 days a month), now I'm sick (with my 2 year old daughter to care for), almost every day!!! I'm desperate for relief!
THANK YOU for answering my question! It makes sense now! Sounds like another trip back to Neuro.
CindyH71
March 10, 2016
My migraines started after a had sinus surgery 25 years ago. Ater surgery, I because so sensitive to scents, that pretty much anything that is not natural sets me off to the smell of gas, to perfume to fabric softener.
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