Dr Marhur: Every question you asked Dr Jimenez-Shahed and every answer by Dr Jimenez-Shahed is intensely relevant to the issues encountered as I have started the DBS process. I have undergone Cognitive/Psych testing and MRI imaging so that brain atlas mapping information can be overlaid with the MRI imaging of my own brain. The brain surgery plan is to install one lead and install the second lead at a second surgery so that the second surgery will benefit from issues learned from the first surgery.
Thanks for your comment. You raise an interesting reason to consider multiple surgeries in the process of starting DBS treatment. Of course, this decision will involve the preference of your care team and your insurance coverage, but there can be advantages to this approach, and these are worth considering. Thanks for mentioning this!
Had DBS surgery 2 years ago. It gave me my life back.
Dr Marhur: Every question you asked Dr Jimenez-Shahed and every answer by Dr Jimenez-Shahed is intensely relevant to the issues encountered as I have started the DBS process. I have undergone Cognitive/Psych testing and MRI imaging so that brain atlas mapping information can be overlaid with the MRI imaging of my own brain. The brain surgery plan is to install one lead and install the second lead at a second surgery so that the second surgery will benefit from issues learned from the first surgery.
Thanks for your comment. You raise an interesting reason to consider multiple surgeries in the process of starting DBS treatment.
Of course, this decision will involve the preference of your care team and your insurance coverage, but there can be advantages to this approach, and these are worth considering. Thanks for mentioning this!
Thank you for this update. 😊