It sounds like some wind will be taken out of me. If only that was
all. The decompression involved going into my brain stem to reach all
the naughty (or 'offending' in medical parlance) arteries and what-nots
that were pressing on my trigeminal nerve which had caused me 8 years of
pain. Teflon felt pads were used to separate these offending vessels
in 3-4 places. This was to fix the trouble spots of compression that
was causing the trigeminal neuralgia (TN). See one MVD website for more information. If you have the stomach to watch a video of the MVD procedure, just google it.
After
4 hours of manipulation, there was numbness which the doctor said would
take weeks to months to disappear. He did have to add that 15% of
patients may have to live with it the rest of their lives. Well, for
most MVD patients, it won't be that unacceptable as numbness was way way
better than blinding pain. It just takes getting used to, like having a
permanent effect of the dentist's painkilling jab on one side of the
face, together with half the tongue and teeth. Even my right eye is more wet than my left because there is less control over tear production.
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