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Barb - Thanks for your info about the article. We knew it would be in the Sun, but weren't sure when, and haven't seen it. Just wanted to mention for the benefit of the list that the paper got part of the story wrong. The implant was inserted into the globus pallidus, not the thalamus (that's another surgery - the one the FDA just approved). What Dick had was called a pallidal stimulation. The other is thalamic stimulation. > In the Wed., Sept. 3 edition of the twice/weekly Sun Newspapers >serving >Johnson County, KS (greater Kansas City), an article/picture features Dick >Swindler's pioneer surgery at KU Med Center in 1995/96 where "an electrode is >inserted in the area of the brain called the thalmus, then connected under >the skin to a stimulator, like a pacemaker. The device can be turned on and >off by a hand-held magnet." Margie [log in to unmask]