suebear
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For the past year it has been an interesting chain of events. In August of 2011 I was one of very few to have the Deep Brain Stimulator placed in my neck to control the seizure activity taking place.
At the time I was having four to five seizures a day (complex partial) so it was not pretty. In 2007, I had a VNS placement as we thought it would be something that would take care of the seizures unfortunately the neurologist I had at the time could only keep raising it without getting much of a positive reaction. Hence, why we chose to go with the DBS surgery. While I was in the hospital, we did replace the VNS with the smaller version since it was new and I was due for a replacement.
Something I was informed of after the DBS surgery was it would be very intense as there could be a length of time to find the right settings pending upon how my body would react. Sure enough, it was not until April of this year when we actually were able to determine the correct setting which was low.
As of today, we were finally able to put the VNS on a very low setting. :clap:
At the time I was having four to five seizures a day (complex partial) so it was not pretty. In 2007, I had a VNS placement as we thought it would be something that would take care of the seizures unfortunately the neurologist I had at the time could only keep raising it without getting much of a positive reaction. Hence, why we chose to go with the DBS surgery. While I was in the hospital, we did replace the VNS with the smaller version since it was new and I was due for a replacement.
Something I was informed of after the DBS surgery was it would be very intense as there could be a length of time to find the right settings pending upon how my body would react. Sure enough, it was not until April of this year when we actually were able to determine the correct setting which was low.
As of today, we were finally able to put the VNS on a very low setting. :clap: