[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SUPPORT DYSTONIA RESEARCH

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in solidarity with a 
wonderful and determined south Florida woman, Millie Munoz. Millie 
Munoz has dystonia, a little-known movement disorder that causes a 
person's muscles to contract and spasm involuntarily. The trademark of 
this disorder is repetitive, patterned, and uncontrollable movements.
  Since childhood, Millie went from doctor to doctor and was told there 
was no real problem. Finally in the summer of 2006, she was diagnosed 
with generalized dystonia. Shortly thereafter, Millie went from 
climbing the Great Pyramid to being in a wheelchair and bed bound. 
Luckily, in 2008, she had deep brain stimulation surgery which provided 
some relief. Today, Millie has a feeding tube and braces on her legs, 
and she is as resilient and as determined as ever.
  Together, we must raise awareness of this disorder and support the 
research that can find a cure to this silent internal storm.

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