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Speaking of birthdays. My mom and a midwife delivered me 62 years ago tomorrow evening. Dad had hitched up the wagon and gone 20 miles to get the Doctor (no phones, you know). Didn't make it back in time. Weighed 11 pounds 12 oz. and I continued to grow until about 50, now I'm starting to get shorter! My two years younger brother weighed 13 and a half pounds. Mom celebrated her 80th on Oct. 9th. Yep, she was 18 when I was born. > ---------- > From: Barb_MSN[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 12:16 PM > Subject: Re: DBS-STN surgery > > Hey Bill... > > November 20th is my birthday, and I always have a > happy-birthday-full-of good-things-that special feeling of it > being MY day > > Sooooo, I inviting you to share my birthday this year - > errrrrr... you can be my unidentical twin brother (smile)... and > you get all the good feelings and positive things that come with > having a November 20 birthday - including a very successful DBS! > > YOU GO, GUY! > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Mason <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:32 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 >