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Steve 4-5 days after DBS for programming sounds about right to me. sometimes they place the neurotransmitters during DBS, but I think the preferred way may be to separate the procedures in case something goes wrong. I had several programming sessions 3 or 4 days after my DBSs. Ray Rayilyn Brown Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------- From: "Steve Rack" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 10:09 AM To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: dbs operation > Hi folks, > I have a few Dbs questions for you. As I recall, Ray, you had your > stimulator programmed on the operating table. There are three men in my pd > support group who didn't get their controllers turned on until 4-5 days > later. One of them told me that he experienced dramatic symptom > improvement right away, even though the Dbs wasn't turned on yet. Does > anyone know what that is about? Is it now customary to hold off > programming like this? > -- > Steve in VT > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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