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This afternoon, I was officially indoctrinated into the very exclusive Dystonia Club. I got my first round of Botox. Getting a lethal neurotoxin injected into your neck is not for the faint of heart. But after months of this painful twisting feeling, I was willing to give anything a whirl. My anxiety about the procedure had been building for days leading up to my appointment. By the time my care team entered the exam room, I was sweating bullets and futilely attempting some d

Hello there. This is the launch of my new blog , Dystonia Life , about the journey I’m on with my recent diagnosis of cervical dystonia. Wait… What? Well, after months of gradually increasing neck pain and several weeks of some bizarre symptoms that left me with a head tilt reminiscent of Stephen Hawking, I finally got an answer from a neurologist about what was going on with me.  You see… My darn neck has decided to have a mind of its own and is no longer cooperating with t