let me re introduce myself. I am carol Gray and I have had PD for 28 years. I have been trying to g et o ver my DBS SURGERY. I had my original surgery last September , my adult children were aginst me having the surgery . then I had the surgery for implanting my batteries. I had to have more surgery in December because I developed staph infection. He took the stimulator out and debrided it and I stayed in the hospital for three weeks.upon returning to the doctor He said that it was still infected and that he would have to take it out Back to the hospital in January t9 returned to hospital to have the stimlator I stayed in the hospital fof two weeks. The surgeon had to make another surgery to remove the magnets and their leads So that's wjhat I have been up to this year----------------what about you? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn