Chapters Transcript Video Marcus Neuroscience Institute Reaches Treatment Milestone I'm June Montagne, I'm 68 years old. I'm originally from South Africa. I'm in the yachting business where it's essential for me to have use of both of my hands, especially being on the computer all day. I remember being about 56 years old and being in the doctor's office, and he asked me to put my, my hands out, and which I did, and he put a piece of paper on my, on my hands, and I, I was shaking so much that it just floated off. They've just got worse and worse over time. I first met June a few months ago in my clinic, and she came to me for essential tremor, which is uncontrolled movements of. Essentially the hands. Essential tremors have affected every part of my life, from brushing my teeth in the morning, just putting the toothpaste on the toothbrush, trying to put makeup on, having essential tremors, it's embarrassing. I felt that I always had, To explain why I was shaking. This often runs in families. Often patients will endorse brother or sister with essential tremor, mom or dad. It's not a direct correlation, meaning, you know, if my father had it, I wouldn't necessarily get the essential tremor, but it is associated. My father had essential tremors, and his father, so my son Jake has also shown just a slight tremor, it's not really affecting him because I'm right hand dominant, I chose to do my right hand 1st June had her right upper extremity treated a few years ago with the same technology, although earlier versions than what we are using now. The technology has gotten better and allows us to treat patients more effectively at this time. With my left hand getting worse, I decided to have the haifu on my left hand. High intensity focused ultrasound uses about 1000 ultrasound arrays to a very small area of the brain. They heat up the brain tissue. Interrupt or disrupt part of the pathway that's known to be responsible for essential tremor. When I moved up to Boca a year and a half ago, I started with Baptist Health, and that's how I met Dr. Miller, and I'm very happy I did. In most cases, yes, the results are instantaneous after we've achieved the permanent lesion. Patients are tested on the MRI table, and we're looking for an immediate response to know that we've achieved what we came to achieve. On a sheet of paper, circles and then lines, you connect two dots and then you sign your name. And then when you come out, it's quite different from the first one. It's like a miracle. It's all worth it. I was the 100th haifu patient at the Marcus Neuroscience Institute. Uh, June being our 100th patient is quite a milestone. We're really happy to achieve that. I, I think it speaks wonders to my coordinator Talia, um, in her ability to build this program with me. The most essential change for me is my typing. It really is a big part of my life and my daily life. My hand was like this before, and I did not have control of my left hand. This is what happens. Created by
