Oh well, at least it'd be a memorable finish :) You could always write ""Wear a hard hat!" at the top of your instructions. Quoting Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]>: > I have left instructions that the "brain pacemakers" must be removed before > > s, but what do you bet this will be ignored? Like everything else > with PD, it is impossible for folks to understand. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 11:31 AM > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: guidelines for DBS for PD established > > > - but don't get cremated with the batteries still in you or you'll have an > > explosive funeral. > > My Dad had a pacemaker, the undertaker didn't know & I only just notified > > him > > in time. > > (of course, if you don't like your relatives......) > > Amanda > > > > Quoting [log in to unmask]: > > > >> Wait a minuet, my surgeon says it will last me 20 years,after five > >> years > >> I'll need the batteies changed and it makes me feel soooooo much better! > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 10/18/2010 2:00:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > >> [log in to unmask] writes: > >> > >> Thanks for this article. I had no idea that the DBS only lasted five > >> years or > >> so. Does anyone else know what is next after the DBS no longer works? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> > >> To: [log in to unmask] > >> Sent: Fri, October 15, 2010 5:36:36 PM > >> Subject: guidelines for DBS for PD established > >> > >> how about the removal of the part of the brain that causes PD??? is > >> that > >> what I > >> can look forward to when DBS benefits run out? > >> > >> > http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/news/20101015/guidelines-on-deep-bra > >> in-stimulation-for-parkinsons > >> > >> > >> > >> Ray > >> Rayilyn Brown > >> Past Director AZNPF > >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > >> mailto:[log in to unmask] > >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >> > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn