From what I have read and from personal experience, it seems that most people have more damage on the right side of the brain and it affecting them on the left side of their body.  Has any research been done to find out if it is more often worse on that side of the brain first or worse than the the left or is it just a coinsidence?

Laura - Very interesting theory indeed!  I wonder if it has to do with the dominant side.  Being right handed (controlled by the left side of the brain) I wonder if it's the non-dominant side that ends up being worse off.  My doc said my right side was worse than the left.  I wonder if we have any left-handed people on this board that can confirm their left side is worse..???

-Shari

Mandy too right side has the most damage this is veeeery interesting to me I guess Dr's have realized this... or maybe not! I wonder why theres a side that gets more damage??

HI,
I know these are old posts, however I was reading through all these and found this question very interesting.   MY son has moyamoya on the right side of his brain, but also has cerebral palsy.  His left arm is affected in many ways.  There are days that his left arm does somewhat what he wants and other days it goes directly in back of him.  None of his therapists have seen this.  This may help explain some of his differences.  Maybe when the disease has been progressing is when his left arm is worse.
Just some thoughts.

Linda

Your brain's strengths lay split down the two hemisphers. One side is more math and problem solving and the other is better at art and music.  I don't remember which is which. Since we have been blessed with MM our brains have adapted to the poor cirulation and parts of our brains will do what the other parts are having trouble with.

In my case, my speach center was almost wiped out by my stroke but I can communicate fine. When i get realy tiered I start to slur and my hand looses grip and my leg limps.

Also one side of the brain is more dominat the the other in most people. and yes left brain controls the right side of the body and vise versa. In my phycology class there was a video of a girl that had to have 1/2 of her brain removed( a whole hemisphere) and she was very close to normal. This girl had other problems so she died around 5 but they did not atributit it to her missing 1/2 her brain.

Good luck finding your answer. I hope i helped.
Becky

Hi,  EMily, my daughter, had almost no blood flow to the right side of her brain at the time of surgery.  One of the doctors working w/Dr. Steinberg, Dr.Kevin Chao, said that people usually have a worse time w/the left side surgery.  Emily did have more swelling, bruising, etc. on that side even though the scar was smaller and her blood flow was way better on the left side.