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Thank you very much.Quite a few CWE members have had the VNS implant. Some have had great experiences with it, some not so much. I'm sure you'll get plenty of advice either way.
Here are a few threads to get you started:
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f41/my-vns-journal-26878/
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f23/my-vns-experience-22263/
And the link below will take you to all CWE threads tagged with VNS:
http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/tags/vns.html
no one knows what mine is unless they work in a epilepsy related field.
Maybe it's just the medical personal in Phoenix but most of them here are totally clueless when it comes to what a VNS is.