hi brian, sorry for the delay in answering. you are right to worry about programming. this can be the most important phase for a successful outcome of dbs. my husband had surgery in 2005. 3 yrs later after 2 revisions we are still trying to find an optimal setting. out of desperation i did quite a bit of research to locate dbs programmers in va and came across georgetown with an excellent program. since we are in southside va we decided to try duke first [been going there for the last couple of months]. if that does not work out soon we will be taking the 5 hour trip to georgetown. since it looks as if you are in northern va you might keep georgetown in mind if your original settings don't work out. good luck trauti ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Ely" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:10 PM Subject: Re: DBS Programmers in Va. > Thanks Ray I have great expectations and no matter what I'm gonna beat > this > thing > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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