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v-ness · 03-05-2010, 08:36 AM

hi - thanks for asking, that was nice of you. sad to say, i am still twitching. the eye doctor confirmed that even my right eye was twitching but only the left is important to me since it's the eye i see out of. he sent me to an ENT who does botox (a pompous little man who reminded me of FDR) who told me he could only botox crow's feet. so i wasted $50 in those 2 co-pays. the eye doctor called me this week, though, after i left a message for him to never refer anyone to that ENT for a twitch again. he told me his partner could do it, but that there is some risk of the needle hitting the muscle below the one that twitches. in that case, the botox would cause my lid to droop. i'm not willing to take that chance so i am back to square one, which is to wait it out.

well at least it's on record here in the Archives that there's nothing to do for a twitch for the next twitcher who comes along! i just wish i had my fifty bucks back.

valerie

03-05-2010, 08:36 AM	#19
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: anything stop eye twitch? hi - thanks for asking, that was nice of you. sad to say, i am still twitching. the eye doctor confirmed that even my right eye was twitching but only the left is important to me since it's the eye i see out of. he sent me to an ENT who does botox (a pompous little man who reminded me of FDR) who told me he could only botox crow's feet. so i wasted $50 in those 2 co-pays. the eye doctor called me this week, though, after i left a message for him to never refer anyone to that ENT for a twitch again. he told me his partner could do it, but that there is some risk of the needle hitting the muscle below the one that twitches. in that case, the botox would cause my lid to droop. i'm not willing to take that chance so i am back to square one, which is to wait it out. well at least it's on record here in the Archives that there's nothing to do for a twitch for the next twitcher who comes along! i just wish i had my fifty bucks back. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!