January 22, 2005
i, borg
So. The day after the surgery is supposed to be your first journal day when trying out your spinal cord stimulator. But I slept a lot of the day away. That's okay though. I started moving around this afternoon. The stimulator is doing its job. Basically what I'm doing now is playing with my remote control to get the settings the way I like them.
Right now because the scs lead isn't permanently implanted, it moves around quite a bit (when I move, it moves). This causes the stimulation to go up and down, on and off. That takes some getting used to. And I have to figure out what is the optimal setting for sitting down, walking, lying down, etc.
But the trial is going pretty well. My back is sore, no doubt. But it'll get better. I was convinced that this was a very bad idea this morning when I was in so much pain and had only 3 hours of sleep, but now I see how my judgment might have been affected.
If I feel I can move around tomorrow I am going to go to church. I can't miss the Ephesians study in Sunday School after all.
Posted by micah on January 22, 2005 09:46 PMHonestly, that is the most bizzar thing of which my eyes have read. It amazes me that our technology is capable of such things. I pray that it works. Does it come with upgrades? Can you link your ipod to it?
Posted by: timf at January 22, 2005 11:44 PMyou know Tim, I really wish I had an i-pod, I'm sure it would link-up.
Everytime I look at the remote control, I think, where are the games? Then I remember it isn't a cell phone or a palm pilot. But you'd think they would put games on it. Right?
Posted by: micah at January 23, 2005 12:53 PMIt would be totally cool if you could play mario cart on it. Then when you run into Wario the stimulator could do some rumble pack action and make you feel like you're actually driving alittle go-cart!
Do you think that in the future we'll have bio-morphic video games that we'll link diretly into our sensory nerves?
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