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Old 03-13-2012, 09:08 PM
BethO2L BethO2L is offline
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BethO2L BethO2L is offline
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Default Charging

Well for those of you interested in these systems I am now having to charge my internal battery. It's not difficult just time consuming, I seem to need to charge once a week, which seems a little often to me but I'll find out when I go back into cleveland next week.

The first time I did it I was so scared I was going to mess it up and then I learned you can't screw it up. It's like charging a battery for an older Camcorder or something like that. One section plugs into the wall and that section plugs into the piece that you put over the internal battery and somewhere in that loop is a unit that tells you if you have a good connection or not and the better connection the faster it charges. It's really simple but I was so scared ,,,,I laugh when I think about it now.

This is the hardest part, you have to watch to make sure it doesn't get too low and I have a tendency to do just that, so I will probably be here for about 4-5 hours, but if I would do it once a week it would probably be like watching a movie or so. Just a few hours,,,,does anyone else charge theirs once a week?? I'd like to know what everyone else does...how much juice everyone uses,,,,and T how does this system relate to your T-Rex unit?? Just curious,,,actually bored. I could watch TV,watch netflix, finish a book I started or watch any of a dozen movies I have sitting next to me....and I'm bored....I think I'm spoiled.

But charging is as easy as that,,,this unit has really changed my life and I really hope they open this up insurance wise, for more TN patients,,,The final implant was end of January, It's now mid-March my pain is controllable, my meds are down, I'm driving, it really feels like this unit is giving me my life back....I hope those of you who have these units are getting good results and I hope these become an option for more people,,if I had a wish!!!

Well, I'm in for a long haul I'm going to take a nap,,,,,my best to all
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