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Congrats! Please keep in touch about the details as they come. David Meigs [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Mason" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:18 AM Subject: DBS-STN surgery > Hi all, well my numbers up and i'm going to have DBS-STN surgery Nov 20th. > I've read up on it and talk to a couple people and i'm ready to go. A little > nervous. My Neuro surgeon is dr schweitzer. If anybody would like to send > me their thoughts about their surgery i'd be grateful. thank you, > > Bill m > ps here's a poem i wrote. enjoy! > > Fifty Doors > > > You stand inside yourself and listen as your voice > agrees to brain surgery > > Relax, if it's anything like a colonoscopy > you'll be so out of it, who cares > > In a hall with fifty doors, options to burn > now most of those doors are bolted > > Someone drops off the waiting list > You are bumped up > > Gurney wheels squeak scrubbed hospital floor > They come sooner than you expect > > Maybe it's better to get it over with > You won't have to worry > > They'll use the latest equipment > Microsurgery, laser knives > > You don't remember your blood type > Better find out, get a couple pints > > Head shaved, sedated, fix crown to four points > Scan with 3D MRI, surgery six to eight hours > > Cut and peel back the scalp, saw a hole > Cut brain tissue bleeds liberally > > Tingling in you're fingers pinpoints ground zero > Plant lead, attach micro wire to micro stimulator > > You're programmed and sent home > Repeat procedure in eight weeks