Thread: 2nd DBS Surgery complete
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Old 04-09-2007, 08:04 PM
DaleD DaleD is offline
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Originally Posted by MikeTTF View Post
Seems that most accounts of DBS surgeries gloss over how uncomfortable they are and the pain involved. I'll add to this if there's interest.
Hi Mike,

I am sorry you experienced pain with your DBS. Could I ask if your pain was pre, during, or post surgery?

I had each side done separately so 4 surgeries in total and experienced less pain with all four than I did with one carpal tunnel surgery a year later. Each DBS they gave me 20 Vicaden (sp) and I only took two and that was more for sleep than for pain. For the carpal tunnel I had the pain pill prescription refilled three times.
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