Carol, my turnoffs happened on a Friday afternoon and weekend too. Also had another turnoff this past Sunday....had magnet in my purse which may have turned me off. It seems the implants are getting extraordinarily sensitive to environmental input. I am reduced to living day to day. I wish I had a suicide pill like spies have as backup. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Winnie Carolgray" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 3:58 AM Subject: Re: DBS/Are you turned off? > Well, I had to,turn my stimulators off and then one battery indicator > light > showed negativethatI couldn't get get the light to come on and I almost > went > suscidal! Then my son trieda new bettery and t hen that little machine > came > on and I was ok. Of course > then the person that went to the original person that had gone with me > the > to neurologist > and the doctor and his staff were taking the long weekend off! just my > luck(he doesnt > know what kind of nut I am I guess He does so he doesn't have an > emergency > number/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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