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my neurostimulator is a medtronic model 3425 extrel stimulator. Your question is a good one because te actual machine is attached to an antennae and the antennae broaadcasts the power to a receiver buried under my collarbone and from there to my gpi. sounds like it's a sophisticatedtransistor radio ----- Original Message ----- From: "KF Etzold" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:11 PM Subject: Re: Our dog > Intersting tidbit ... What is a neurostimulator? Is it connected to brain > electrodes or is it a transistor radio? But then the batteries would last > longer. > > K-F Etzold > CG Carline > > > William Harshaw <[log in to unmask]>@listserv.utoronto.ca> on 06/09/2000 > 02:27:07 PM > > Please respond to "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network" > <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent by: "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network" > <[log in to unmask]> > > > To: [log in to unmask] > cc: > Subject: Our dog > > > > Our dog is a four-and-a-half year old Airedale Terrier named "Madam". > She's > our third Airedale, the male was called "Sir" and the other bitch Madam as > well. We've had Airedales for twenty-five years now and they're just > fabulous. They aren't popular enough to have become inbred. Ours have > been > independant and loyal. Esther grooms and disciplines Madam while I > exercise > her and feed her. The only trouble is that, like all dogs, she is a thief, > taking everything from veal scaloppini to applepie from the kitchen > counter. > Liberally sprinkling the counter with cayenne pepper did not solve the > problem - the only solution is vigilence. But, I'm making her out to be a > badly behaved dog. Not so. > > Each morning, rain or shine, I get up at 5:30+/- 15 minutes, put a fresh 9 > volt battery in my neurostimulator, pop my pills and go for a brisk 5 > kilometre - for the Amrerican non-metric types, about 3.25 miles - walk > through Rosedale, a midtown residential neighbourhood. It takes us about > forty-five minutes. This is usually the high point o the day for me. > > In July, when we're usually at the family cottage, I slide my sixteen foot > cedar strip canoe into the water and Madam hops in in front of the bow seat > and sits quietly as I paddle her around the lake for half an hour or so. >