Marcus, from the Columbus, Ohio area, is undergoing Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) surgery. Marcus suffers from essential tremor, a neurological disorder affecting an estimated 4 to 10 million people in the US alone! ET is about 10 times more common than Parkinson's Disease, which it is often confused with
This episode focuses on his second of this 3-part surgery, implantation of the second electrode. If you include the turn-on phase, it becomes a 4-part surgery.
There are several different versions of DBS surgery, depending on the patient and the surgeon. Mine was done differently than Marcus'.
As always, a video version of this podcast is over on YouTube.
I can be reached for questions or comments at ShakeItUp.thepodcast@gmail.com. You can also send me questions for Marcus, which I will forward to him.
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