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Hi On reflection , the TVcamera was already on including the spot light and the crew were interviewing the people whowere sitting in a semi circle..I was the 6th person to be viewed and I saw myself on the TV news that night and my head was badly tilted to the right shoulder and you could see the tremor. Thanks for your help . I am now wondering if I need to carry my magnet with me every time I go out of the house in case I get zapped again. What other kinds of electrical devices can cause the probem ie airport security, retail shop anti theft systems Regards , Barry in Ausrtalia PS , I have only copied you on my reply pps I note from yoiur email address that you are at IBM. I worked for Control Data from age 26 - 43 when I had to quit because of my problems . I am now 59 and work/play with my home PC every day .I cant wait for stem cells and Australian scientists have been given the green lightt to proceed with haste ----- Original Message ----- From: KF Etzold <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 9:01 AM Subject: Re: DBS only patients alert > It is highly unlikely that the camera caused this problem. The more likely > cause is some other equipment such as the spotlights. Any equipment that > draws a current generates a magnetic field; the stronger the current the > stronger the field. So if a strong light is turned on a strong magnetic > pulse is generated. > > The TV camera uses very little electricity and was (in your case relatively > far away, considering the strength of the magnetic fields required). So the > incident maybe related to the camera but probably only indirectly. > > Warnings are commonly posted for Pacemaker users and the DBS generator > probably has similar sensitivities. Were you given any warnings by the > generator manufacturer? > > K. F. cg Carline > > > Barry Black <[log in to unmask]>@listserv.utoronto.ca> on 05/09/2002 > 06:24:42 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: DBS only patients alert > > > > The following incident happened to me yesterday > > I was ready to be interviewed by a TV crew and the camera man pointed the > camera directly at me from abour 5 feet, > > The moment he turned the camera on, I felt my right side stimulator turn > off > and a very bad tremor began in my left side. Strangly enough I was able to > walk without any aids. I sat down for a few minutes but tremor continued, > > I took 2 sinemet 100 and chewed them for fast action and that helped. > > I had my operation 4 years ago and batteries are still strong. My doctor is > an hours drive and it is only 15 minutes to my home. So I headed for home > where my Medtronic MAGNET is. > > I used the magnet and within one second I turned myself on and I had no > tremor. > > So beware of TV cameras. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn