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Ron, Your wife sounds like a prime candidate for intermittent stimulation. It is apparent you have significant "cross-talk" since the second operation My brother, Steve, has been using intermittent stimulation since 1998 --- about 4 months after surgery. Currently both simulators are on only about 1/2 the time --- but not with both stimulators on at the same time. Paul Fahr ----- Original Message ----- From: "RON HEIMBACK" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: Bilateral DBS My wife had DBS in April and March, 2002. The first operation provided wonderful relief, however the second did not. We recently tried turning off her second stimulator with great success. She is able to live a normal life now. We only turn on the second stimulator when the tremor in her leg bothers her. This is only turned on for a short time [15 minutes or so] occasionally as this stimulation disturbs her balance and ability to walk. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Ron ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 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