Glad you're doing a log. I'm kind of curious how it'll work.
Best of luck. Hoping for the best outcome.

Now, four days have passed, and all that I noticed different until this morning was weakness, which caused me to trip & fall hard, whacking the back of my head on the floor two days ago & almost tripping up a couple times a day. I have been feeling some pain (probably at the injection points) when my legs go stiff.
Finally, this morning I put my thigh muscle strength to the test at the gym & was thankfully able to use the same resistance I've been using.

Sorry for your fall hope it gets better. That sounds positive about your gym experience. Hope things work out for you.

I had no idea that Botex was used to improve walking. Is it supposed to strengthen your muscles? Sorry about your fall, but is it going to strengthen your legs?

It's been a week & I've not noticed improvement. Legs still turn in at the knees. The only effect is, I think at the needle entrance points, when my legs go totally stiff, I get stabbing pains there. Great. Another disappointing new treatment I'm afraid (like the Sativex a few years ago).

I had 3 yrs of botox injections in my legs for spasticity. They were done in the hamstring and calf muscles. I never had any weakness. I did have some bouts of nausea the day or two after. The shots were done every 3 mths until it was clear a baclofen pump was needed.


Melanie

Anne ... I guess what drs. say is true, WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT IN SOMEWAY & THE TREATMENT THAT WORKS FOR SOMEONE MAY NOT WORK ANOTHER.
You gave it a try. How long are u going to continue to use Botox. I wonder if your body needs time to get accustomed to the Botox veto u start seeing a positive outcome.

Mjideas- Did you experience any pain from the shots? I am just so ticked off that, if anything, the shots have DEcreased my quality of life. At the moment I am more nervous than usual about my leg doing it's involuntary hyperextention, because that's when the pain really hits (until the leg relaxes again). Thanks for sharing! Baclophen (oral dosage in my case) luckily mostly keeps the spasticity at bay.
Chrissy- the idea, according to the neurilogist who did the injections, they injected the Botox to lessen the spasticity in my inner thighs in hopes that my legs would stop turning in slightly at the knees. Frankly, I think that I need to fight to try & recover some of the muscle I lost in my legs.

So, the effect of the shots totally has worn off now. I am now more conscious about my legs bowing inward. Believe it or not, when the day comes, I'm reconsidering letting them inject me again! The stabbing pain was really bad, but the bowing in legs is also a pain. . .

Anne ...u r much braver than I am. Hoping for a better outcome the next time.

i do hope it helps you. i had cervical dystonia years ago and was given botox in my neck. did nothing to help.

Had it done twice. No changes at all. The shots hurt and no longer interested.

Well, I let them inject me again a couple of weeks ago. I mentioned the pain I'd had the first time around, so the doc administered it (not the assistant like before) & higher up. Same quantity as last time. At least only felt a very small amount of pain in the injection site once since then, not noticed too much improvement (less than last time) but well. . .