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Jody, I have had a DBS STN and I love it. The first one lasted a little over three years and I am on my second stimulator on one side and still have the first one on the other side.It took over two years to finally get it tuned to the best setting but all the changes have been worth while. Tell your father welcome to our elite club. >hi all > >At 17:46 1999/09/26 -0400, jody wrote: >>>From: Jody and Dan Fraleigh <[log in to unmask]> >>>Subject: thanks for the welcome >>> >>>Thank you for the welcome. My father, who is 65, has had Parkinson's >>>Disease for at least 10 years. Last Thursday he had deep brain >>>stimulation surgery; the pacemaker will be turned on in 2 weeks. >>>Overall, he suffers from quite a bit of pain, primarily severe stomach >>>cramping, and he does not sleep well. His medicine offers very uneven >>>relief. We are hopeful that the surgery will help him to maintain an >>>active life of gardening, hunting and playing with grandchildren. >>>The entries I've read so far have been interesting, and I've forwarded >>>several of them to my mother who has limited time for computer >>>activities. Jody > > >hi jody > >several list members have had dbs >as well as other types of pd related surgery > >their individual stories are on my website in the >PIEnet/people/hole-in-the-head-gang section > >my understanding is that the 'fine-tuning' of the stimulator >can take some time and finesse >but that it ultimately has very positive results > >your father is obviously a fighter >please let us know how his 'adjustments' go > > >janet > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 >a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> ><[log in to unmask]> jjjane http://www.geocities.com/soho/village/6263/pienet/hithgang/hitjaner.html