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Archive for the ‘Brain Stimulators’ Category

• Spouses of people with Parkinson Disease

  Sunday, August 9th, 2009

  This is coming from one who is there. My hubby Henry has had Parkinson’s for going on 22 plus years he got it at 30 and has been working to stay ahead of the Parkinson’s Disease ever since. I have to say it is not an easy disease to manage and not easy for the [...]

• Parkinson’s Disease Brain Stimulators and all set

  Saturday, June 20th, 2009

  Henry is totally doing great with his new parkinson medicine regime and his new battery programed correctly for the brain stimulator. It is so totally awesome to see him back to a more normal life once again. It is so important to get a good neurologist and they are not easy to find if you [...]

• Life gets back to normal

  Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

  We have a lot of catching up to do now that Henry brain stimulator battery has been changed. Our life seems to be getting back to what is normal for us. Now the real work starts we have a new project in the works for our business and are excited about it. Can’t say much [...]

• What is a normal life?

  Sunday, June 14th, 2009

  You know Women of Faith speaker Patsy Clairmont wrote a book called “Normal is Just a Setting on Your Dryer” and she could not have summed it up better. Have you ever though sat back and tried to figure out what a normal life is though? Is it full of people you love and doing [...]

• Nice to have my Henry back

  Monday, June 8th, 2009

  Today was a good day for us Henry is moving more normal and I can actually understand what he is saying. Henry was able to get out and run several times today seems the new medication regime prescribed by our new neurologist is just what he needed. It is amazing that this guy knew exactly [...]

• Programed and already to go

  Saturday, June 6th, 2009

  Yesterday Henry saw his new neurologist who with out batting an eye knew exactly what to do to program Henry’s brain stimulator. He also knew exactly what do to to adjust Henry’s medications and it is great to be finally on track to getting Henry back to functioning at a more normal level. And the [...]

• You will not believe this

  Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

  We were told today by Cumberland Neurology’s Dr Valedon’s nurse that Dr Valadon said that Cumberland Neurology in Oak Ridge Tennessee would no longer treat my husband for his Parkinson’s Disease because he wanted Henrys battery changed at Vanderbilt Hospital which was 4 hours away from where we lived and was not in network with [...]

• Battery Change finally

  Monday, June 1st, 2009

  Living in Tennessee has some drawbacks. We have had to wait for what seems like forever to get Henry’s brain Stimulator battery changed. Not like when we lived in Florida where we got them changed with in a matter of days. They have taken Henry to surgery recovery to wait on the surgeon to show [...]

• So What does ones wife do?

  Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

  When your husbands brain stimulator battery dies and he goes in to panic mode and life takes a turn until the battery can either be replaced or the meds brought up enough to make up the difference what do you do? Forget about panicking it will not help for two of you to be panicking. [...]

• Brain Stimulators and Batteries

  Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

  Once again one of Henry’s brain stimulator batteries has died. Caput Nada nothing. This is absolutely amazing that these Medtronic Batteries are not lasting like we were told they were. this will be the 4th time since March 2000. One would start to think at the cost of the blessed things that they could last [...]