Posted by snapper on January 4, 2007, at 3:25:16
In reply to Re: Vagus Nerve Stimulation-Greywolf » snapper, posted by SLS on January 3, 2007, at 6:56:37
> Hi Snapper.
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> Thank you so much for posting. I wish you the best of luck as you progress through the process leading up to and resulting from VNS. I'm glad you have researched it so thoroughly, especially with respect to the time versus response curve.
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> It would indeed be helpful to a great many people, myself included, if you would check-in from time to time and updated us with descriptions of your experiences.
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> My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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> Good luck.
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> - Scott
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> > Hey guys, I am scheduled to have a consultation with an ENT surgreon in the nest few weeks to probably have the procedure done. I too am nervous in some ways but I figure ..what have I got to lose. I have researched it as much as I feel I can w/o being overly obsessive. I know it may not work for me but I also know I have to try. Even if I only improve 25 to 50 % , that is a win in my book. It is NOT a quick fix and I would say from what I have read and heard many or most people do have med contination. I have particpated in a couple of tele-conferences that were done by Cyberonics-- I still have lots of questions. It does (Phillipa) seem kind of strange to me as well as far as a 'device' in my body. However, I also know that those very strange thoughts could and most likely be associated with my long term depressive thinking accompanying anxiety etc. After 16 years of on again and mostly off functioning to a level that I know I can and have been to before, I question my motives and wonder...is it me or am I really bad enough for VNS. I also attribute those to my "wierdness" that is or is not going on in my brain. Depression has changed me. It has changed my out look on life, it makes me many things I am not. I want the old me back and so does my family. I am trying my best to go into this new year with a positive mindset (if that is possible) with chronic dep and anx! lol.... hoping for the treatment to be an asset and even if not 100% recovery then very good progress. I have read many testimonials about VNS ,listened personally to first hand accounts by present VNS patients etc. and from what most seem to say, it comes slowly and many say it improves with time . It also does for some allow them to dc/ some or all meds. I would be happy to do my best in relaying information to anyone that would like more info -- I know that Jerrympls had the procedure and it did not work for him. How ever I do not thaink that we should base are hopes and expectations, thoughts, and questions and fears about one or a few posters here on babble. We are afterall all in this together and I think we should do what ever we can to help each other out . Like I said , I want my life back and the next year to two years are going pass anyhow. Why not add a therapy that might possibly have the ability to help many get our lives back. Nothing is for sure. Who really knows.
> > Hope this helps
> > Snapper
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>Hi Scott, you are welcome. I hope i am on the right path and I will post my experiences as they come (within my mental limit) I am not the best at getting back to posts from my posts right now and i am hopeful all understand. Thanks for your reply and thanks for your thoughts and prayers
Snapper
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