Suzannah
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Mar 19, 2014
- Messages
- 132
- Reason
- DX MND
- Diagnosis
- 08/2014
- Country
- Uni
- State
- TEXAS
- City
- Deep in the Heart of
Hi all,
I have recently started seeing a neuro rehab physical therapist. She has recommended that I make an appointment with one of the rehab doctors who does Botox injections for spasticity. I have an appointment coming up in the next couple of weeks.
Has anybody here ever tried Botox injections or know anything about it? Yay? Nay? I know the injections are ridiculously expensive (thousands of dollars), but I have met my equally ridiculous ($6,000!) deductible for the year, and am covered 100 percent for the last few months of the year.
I have pure UMN symptoms, so I don't have any muscle loss, just spasticity. The thought seems to be that if I can get some of the muscles in my legs to chill out for a while, I might be able to retrain some of the other muscles in my leg and foot that I'm not currently able to use. The effects of the botox will wear off eventually, but hopefully some of the gains might be kept, at least for a while.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
--Suzannah
I have recently started seeing a neuro rehab physical therapist. She has recommended that I make an appointment with one of the rehab doctors who does Botox injections for spasticity. I have an appointment coming up in the next couple of weeks.
Has anybody here ever tried Botox injections or know anything about it? Yay? Nay? I know the injections are ridiculously expensive (thousands of dollars), but I have met my equally ridiculous ($6,000!) deductible for the year, and am covered 100 percent for the last few months of the year.
I have pure UMN symptoms, so I don't have any muscle loss, just spasticity. The thought seems to be that if I can get some of the muscles in my legs to chill out for a while, I might be able to retrain some of the other muscles in my leg and foot that I'm not currently able to use. The effects of the botox will wear off eventually, but hopefully some of the gains might be kept, at least for a while.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
--Suzannah