Carole

Thanks for the messages! This new format will take some getting used to, but I guess the more we use it, the easier it will get. Pete, I just know you will do so much better when you get some DBS help!! It is a dramatic change for the better. I keep my stims turned on all the time; sometimes they get turned off by store alarm detectors, or what not (no consistency with me - some stores I can go in and have no problem for 10 visits. The next visit, I get turned off. I know because my right foot starts "clog dancing" - as in the Ozarks??) I take out the magnet and boom, it's gone. I takes a few minutes fpr "the boom" to clear and my brain to come back to earth. I now know I should be sitting and still for a few minutes. Not too long ago, my foot starting "dancing" shortly after leaving a store. I was driving and took care of myself while still driving. Looking back, that wasn't too smart!! Nothing bad happened, but then I think I have a lot of spiritual forces surrounding me, protecting me from my own stupid decisons!! I received a brand new Activa newsletter from Medtronic just yesterday. I will post the websites they included in a new post. Look for it on this board!
Hang in there, Pete. Gray skies are going to clear up soon!! Darrell, I think Leavenworth is the same as when you were here in the 80s; small town resistant to change!! Always neat to hear from people who know where you're from!
Carole

[This message has been edited by Carole (edited 11-11-2000).]