Re: DBS-STN surgery

[davidmeigs <davidmeigs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Congrats!

Please keep in touch about the details as they come.

David Meigs
davidmeigs@xxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Mason" <FronandBill@xxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 7:18 AM
Subject: DBS-STN surgery


> Hi all,  well my numbers up and i'm going to have DBS-STN surgery Nov
20th.
> I've read up on it and talk to a couple people and i'm ready to go.  A
little
> nervous.  My Neuro surgeon is dr  schweitzer.  If anybody would like to
send
> me their thoughts about their surgery i'd be grateful.  thank you,
>
> Bill m
> ps  here's a poem i wrote. enjoy!
>
> Fifty Doors
>
>
> You stand inside yourself and listen as your voice
> agrees to brain surgery
>
> Relax, if it's anything like a colonoscopy
> you'll be so out of it, who cares
>
> In a hall with fifty doors, options to burn
> now most of those doors are bolted
>
> Someone drops off the waiting list
> You are bumped up
>
> Gurney wheels squeak scrubbed hospital floor
> They come sooner than you expect
>
> Maybe it's better to get it over with
> You won't have to worry
>
> They'll use the latest equipment
> Microsurgery, laser knives
>
> You don't remember your blood type
> Better find out, get a couple pints
>
> Head shaved, sedated, fix crown to four points
> Scan with 3D MRI, surgery six to eight hours
>
> Cut and peel back the scalp, saw a hole
> Cut brain tissue bleeds liberally
>
> Tingling in you're fingers pinpoints ground zero
> Plant lead, attach micro wire to micro stimulator
>
> You're programmed and sent home
> Repeat procedure in eight weeks