DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY

 









QUESTION AND MY REPLY.
 
WHAT TO DO IN A POWER OUTAGE.
Hi everyone. I have an important question for people who have had DBS. I have the rechargeable battery and I worry about power outage --
like a resulting outage. How do you keep the recharger plugged into a power source? Does one have to get a generator? What do other people do? Thank you for any responses. Beaniesu in Houston Posted on 04/18/14, 09:48 pm


AS FAR AS DBS AND POWER OUTAGES OCCURRING AND, MYSELF BEING A ELECTRICIAN,
I WILL SAY THAT, POWER OUTAGES DO NOT LAST FOREVER. 
I CONFESS I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT SUCH AN EVENT OCCURRING. 
MY OWN STIMULATOR IS NOT RECHARGEABLE. 
 
MY BATTERY IS CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS,BY MY NEUROLOGIST,
OR BY ONE OF HIS TEAM. IT IS THEN CHANGED WHEN NECESSARY,
BY MY NEURO-SURGEON.
THE OPERATION TAKES ONLY 45 MINUTES. 
I HAVE NO CONTROL OF MY STIMULATOR,
AS IN SWITCHING IT ON AND OFF, AND NO CONTROL OF THE VOLTAGE SETTING,
OR THE SETTING OF THE PULSE RATE.THIS IS SO THAT THE STIMULATOR CAN NOT BE INTERFERED WITH BY  THE PATIENT OR,
BY ANY OTHER UNQUALIFIED PERSON. 
I AM TOLD, THAT I WAS THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF STIMULATOR. 
I'VE HAD THE BATTERY CHANGED ONCE AND FINE TUNED TWICE SINCE
 
THE INITIAL SWITCH ON. I HAVE EXPERIENCED NO NEGATIVE REACTIONS WHAT SO EVER,
WITH EITHER ELECTRODES, LEADS OR STIMULATOR IN THE
FIVES YEARS SINCE I UNDERWENT DBS. 
I AM WELL PLEASED AND, SO TOO ARE MY TREATING CLINTIANS. UNDERGOING DBS PROCEDURE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE. 
 
BEING HUMAN I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT, YOU BET I DO. MAINTAIN A WINNING POSITION. REGARDS, Stewart / ALIVEO >> 








Reply #6 - 04/22/14  11:10am



 
AS FAR AS DBS AND POWER OUTAGES OCCURRING AND, MYSELF BEING A ELECTRICIAN,
I WILL SAY THAT, POWER OUTAGES DO NOT LAST FOREVER. 
I CONFESS I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT SUCH AN EVENT OCCURRING. 
MY OWN STIMULATOR IS NOT RECHARGEABLE. 
 
MY BATTERY IS CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS,BY MY NEUROLOGIST,
OR BY ONE OF HIS TEAM. IT IS THEN CHANGED WHEN NECESSARY,
BY MY NEURO-SURGEON.
THE OPERATION TAKES ONLY 45 MINUTES. 
I HAVE NO CONTROL OF MY STIMULATOR,
AS IN SWITCHING IT ON AND OFF, AND NO CONTROL OF THE VOLTAGE SETTING,
OR THE SETTING OF THE PULSE RATE.THIS IS SO THAT THE STIMULATOR CAN NOT BE INTERFERED WITH BY  THE PATIENT OR,
BY ANY OTHER UNQUALIFIED PERSON. 
I AM TOLD, THAT I WAS THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THIS TYPE OF STIMULATOR. 
I'VE HAD THE BATTERY CHANGED ONCE AND FINE TUNED TWICE SINCE
 
THE INITIAL SWITCH ON. I HAVE EXPERIENCED NO NEGATIVE REACTIONS WHAT SO EVER,
WITH EITHER ELECTRODES, LEADS OR STIMULATOR IN THE
FIVES YEARS SINCE I UNDERWENT DBS. 
I AM WELL PLEASED AND, SO TOO ARE MY TREATING CLINTIANS. UNDERGOING DBS PROCEDURE HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE. 
 
BEING HUMAN I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT, YOU BET I DO. MAINTAIN A WINNING POSITION. REGARDS, Stewart / ALIVEO >>