After Second DBS

One week after putting electrodes in my brain, I had DBS number two. That was outpatient and I waited for hours for the surgery to begin. After I was taken back to my little cubicle, my girlfriend, Marjie patiently sat with me. I was the last person to go into the OR. That’s because I had such a late time of the day. I hadn’t eaten since 10 o’clock the night before and now it was 4:00 PM.

I was getting very impatient and very fidgety. Finally, they came to get me and as I love, they put me under Anastesia and I actually went into a great sleep. This is when the doctor puts the battery pack under your skin above your breast bone. I didn’t know that when I woke up, it would absolutely kill me. It was hurting so bad and again, they did some surgery in my brain they had to put the two electrodes together and then attach them to the battery.

Now my hair was totally screwed up. There were bald spots in the places the surgeon put the electrodes in so he had to shave more places in order to get electrodes for the battery. So, he had to do some work in my brain on the right side. When I came home, it was so sore. .

My head was killing me again, and my chest was so painful. I had somebody there with me at home until Thursday and Friday. My daughter picked me up to go to her house for the weekend. At least I wouldn’t be alone. I stayed in bed for two days straight. Finally, I appeared on the third day was feeling a little better, but my chest where the battery pack this was placed was still so sore.

And my hair looked like a patch job. Some hair here and some hair their. So I decided to have it all shaved off. My son-in-law, Shawn, brought his hair clippers down to the deck, and he proceeded to shave my hair off. Nothing was left but a bald head! Here is a video to show you my shaving.

Here is my shaving by my son-in-law Shawn

One of my 8 wigs I ordered!

Thank god for Amazon. I ordered several wigs, even a purple one. I might as well have fun while I’m recovering.

This is a wig with a baseball cap!

I wasn’t wearing makeup when I did the video or took the pictures. I’ll say two things! I can really see my wrinkles and how much I need lots of plastic surgery. Pull, pull, pull…..