About a month or so after Max's Cyber Knife he developed a facial twitch on the right side of his face. At first it included his right eye lid, right cheek, right side of his upper lip, his ear and a muscle that went across the side of his face. (His neurologist thought it was probably a muscle spasm vs. focal seizure because it was less active when he was asleep than awake.)
Eventually all I saw twitching was one muscle across his face which was tied to his hear and ran all the way to one row of his whiskers. He just had a very slight twitch where I could see 1 black whisker twitch rhythmically.
Today I was watching him sleep and was just checking on that whisker to see how much twitching was going on and there was absolutely NONE! I can't even see that muscle in his face twitching or his ear!
I'm not sure what any of this means but I'd be a happy camper if I had a consistent twitch for months and it finally went away!
Welcome to The Adventures of My Dog Max. This blog chronicles his his journey through inoperable brain tumor diagnosis,Cyber Knife radiation,conventional & alternative treatments, HBOT and Life Beyond. Max is my 18 year old, high-energy super-dog, who was diagnosed with 2 inoperable brain tumors 4/11. Cyberknife = non-invasive robot driven hi accuracy radiation treatment. HBOT = hyberbaric oxygen therapy. Hopefully this blog will help others! Please help spread the word!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
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Scratch that... the twitching is back today.. Wonder why it disappeared for a few days.. Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteDid you ever find a cause of this because my dog is doing this to....?
ReplyDeleteWe ended up chalking it up to a muscle spasm. Possibly from meds he was on or vitamin/ mineral deficiency... we never found out for sure. Has your dog had CK? or was diagnosed with a neurological tumor or issue? (You may want to talk with your vet specialist and ask them about vitamin B 12 complex (don't give on your own - the over the counter stuff is not the same and not necessarily good for a dog).. but speaking from my own personal experience with my own neuro issue - including numbness - I had a shortage of a bunch of vitamin B's... shortages can affect neuro issues - like numbness and twitching - of course it could be other things.. but it's worth checking into too and asking your vet team)
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