Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery; a visual diary.

A "before" picture; I was tired of long hair anyway...

just prior to having the fiducials installed; cutting off yet more hair.  This was perhaps the most traumatic part of the process, not because it was particularly painful, but there's just something weird about having a power screwdriver  used to screw something into your head

This was after I had the fiducials installed;  I returned home triumphant, but looking like I needed a fife or a drum to play.

I am Borg.  You will be assimilated.  Resistance is futile.

After the operation; what a train wreck!  You can't really see it here, but there's a double row of nasty-looking staples and other metal bits up there.

Felt kind of sick the first 3 days; I think it was the vicodon.  Couldn't eat a thing until I stopped taking it.

 Contrary to what I've heard, the operation was NOT painless, and I did NOT forget what happened, what I said and what others said.  Every conversation remains crystal clear in my memory.  Also, don't ever let anyone tell you that the brain has no nerve endings and so can feel nothing.  I felt something, all right.  I especially remember when the surgeon said he was going to irrigate it with cold water, and I felt the soothing coolness on my poor abused brain.  That's the bad news; now here's the good news:  I FEEL NO PARKINSON"S SYMPTOMS AT ALL RIGHT NOW!!!