IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN
HI JOURNAL.
FOR A POUND OF FLESH.
WELL IT'S 'HERE WE GO AGAIN' TIME AGAIN.
I HAVE JUST BEEN SUMMONED BY,
THE AUSTRALIAN NEUROMUSCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
IN MY HOME TOWN OF PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
TO PRESENT MYSELF AT THE SAID CLINIC,
FOR TESTS AND RESEARCH,
ON THE 17 DAY OF THIS VERY MONTH, AT 8.30 AM,
IN AN UN-MEDICATED STATE,
FROM 9.00 PM, THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.
THIS IS THE CLINIC WHERE I,
UNDERWENT DBS IN OCTOBER 2009.
THIS BEING THE FIFTH TIME,
I HAVE BEEN CALLED IN FOR TESTS AND RESEARCH.
I WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO,
A SERIES OF PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE TESTS.
EACH OF THESE TESTS WILL BE DONE TWICE,
IN FOUR STATES AND FILMED.
THE STATES BEING,
1. UN-MEDICATED WITH STIMULATOR SWITCHED ON.
2. UN-MEDICATED WITH STIMULATOR SWITCHED OFF.
3. MEDICATED WITH STIMULATOR SWITCHED OFF.
4. MEDICATED WITH STIMULATOR SWITCHED ON.
THESE TESTS TAKE ABOUT FIVE HOURS TO COMPLETE,
AT THE END OF WHICH,
A STATE OF COMPLETE EXHAUSTION EXISTS.
AFTER RECOVERING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON,
I WILL REFLECT ON ALL THE GOOD WORK,
BEING DONE AT THE CLINIC,
AND I'LL FEEL GOOD FOR THE FEEL GOOD FEELING,
OF HAVING PLAYED MY PART.
IT IS MY WAY OF PUTTING SOMETHING BACK,
FOR ALL THE FREE TREATMENT I HAVE RECEIVED,
FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED CLINIC.
TREATMENT I SHALL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR.
I AM A FORTUNATE MAN,
A VERY FORTUNATE MAN INDEED.
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Replies
Stuart, Thank you for your efforts. I know that the results from above mentioned clinics research will help the rest of us eventually. Hope it is not to stressful. Best of luck. Alex
I and I am sure many others very much appreciate your efforts.
Take care,
Joe
HI , FORTUNATE man, that must have been tough. With out meds. all day, I know, I go out of my mind . I participate in research each time I visit my neuro. but nothing that extensive. That took some heroic effort . I totally get it. Thank\'s Zlatica