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Things to think about: 1. If you have both sides done at once your brain swelling will have no where to go, thus more likely to have brain damage. 2. Can you and your spouse survive without working again. It has been two years for us and my spouse still requires 24 hour care. 3. Are you up for surgery every two to five years to change the batteries for the rest of your life. 4. Are you living on one level and can you live that way forever when things go wrong. 5 Who is carrying the health insurance, and will you lose it if you can no longer work. 6. Can someone in your family or your neurologist or physician watch the procedure to make sure nothing goes wrong. My husband's implant was placed in the wrong place. When they turned it on it stimulated the wrong part of his brain. 7.Go to rehab after the procedure. It is usually an overnight hospital stay. It took about a week to realize my husband who was cognitively independent had not been taking his medication as per usual because he had damage to his memory. Then he was no longer there at all, mentally that is. 8. Find a DBS support group and ask everyone there what MD is good. If there is no support group, don't go to that hospital. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Ely" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:55 PM Subject: DBS > I'm interested in getting feedback on DBS, both pro and con. I am > scheduled > to undergo surgery in Oct. 26. Thanks Brian > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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