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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Epilepsy / September 2003VNS ?
can anyone tell me what it is like to have one? Howdy! Talk to the folks on the VNS Patient Message Board: http://www.vnstherapy.com/messagsfs.html  SignatureDave ???? "Noli illigitemi carborundum decendus!" http://www.howdydave.com > can anyone tell me what it is like to have one? Hi Renee! I've had VNS since December. The operation to get the implant is really pretty simple. I didn't even have to stay in the hosptial overnight and I'm told thats pretty typical. The surgery takes about an hour or so. The implant isn't turned on for about 10 days after the surgery -- I think its so the wound can heal. Anyway, I barely notice it now. The first thing I noticed was that my postictals were much better and my short term memory improved. The only time I really feel the device is when my doctor has recently turned up the milliamps (we're still adjusting) and there's a funny feeling in my throat. I'm used to it within a few days though. are you thinking about getting the VNS? I'm happy to answer any other questions you may have. > > can anyone tell me what it is like to have one? Howdy! I had my VNS put in 1999. They turned it off in 2001 since it wasn't doing anything for me. Just got off the phone with my neuro. My situation has changed so we're turning it back on at the end of the month. I am also diabetic so they kept me overnight to watch my blood sugar. See my VNS site: http://www.howdydave.com/vns.html SignatureDave ???? "Noli illigitemi carborundum decendus" http://www.howdydave.com > Hi Renee! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > > > > can anyone tell me what it is like to have one? > See my VNS site: > > http://www.howdydave.com/vns.html Weird. Totally unreadable from Netscape or Opera but fine on IE or Konqueror. From the source it looks like it's Unicode as every other byte is null. Is that intentional? SignaturePaul Oldham, Milton, Cambridge, UK http://the-hug.org/paul/stroke/ Howdy Paul! Can't say for sure. I hand wrote all of my html code by hand (no Dreamweaver or anything like that.) I use WS_FTP95 Pro which uses Notepad. So... in answer to your question: No, it is not intentional. Yours is the first feedback that I've had in over 4 years that there is any problem reading my site! My keyboard character code is Unicode. SignatureDave ???? "Noli illigitemi carborundum decendus" http://www.howdydave.com > > See my VNS site: > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Konqueror. From the source it looks like it's Unicode as every other byte is > null. Is that intentional? "Dave ©¿©¬" wrote: > Howdy Paul! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > My keyboard character code is Unicode. Hi Dave Your homepage comes up just fine, but there are problems with http://www.howdydave.com/vns.html no matter how it is accessed. Bob > Dave ©¿©¬ > "Noli illigitemi carborundum decendus" [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Paul Oldham, Milton, Cambridge, UK > > http://the-hug.org/paul/stroke/ > I hand wrote all of my html code by hand (no Dreamweaver or anything like > that.) Respect. It's the one true way. > I use WS_FTP95 Pro which uses Notepad. > > My keyboard character code is Unicode. I suspect that's your problem then. Try setting it to something else. SignaturePaul Oldham, Milton, Cambridge, UK http://the-hug.org/paul/stroke/ > > I hand wrote all of my html code by hand (no Dreamweaver or anything like > > that.) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > I suspect that's your problem then. Try setting it to something else. Heh, While I did learn to code by hand I have to confess that I do use Dreamweaver....greatly speeds page coding when you're not handcoding containers and relationships. The other nice thing is that it's bloating is not nearly as bad as MS Frontplague....on that note...Ironically, Daves VNS page came in fine for me...I am guessing that his adjustments occurred before I viewed it from this thread? Best Wishes! Jedi and Son > > In article <evsab.4134$CO7.2369@news02.roc.ny>, > > dave@_nospam_howdydave.com [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > containers and relationships. The other nice thing is that it's bloating > is not nearly as bad as MS Frontplague... Yeah. To be fair, if people are going to use an web editor that's the one that most people seem to think is best. Certainly the professionals where I hang out almost all use that if they don't use a text editor. I use Xemacs myself. > ...on that note...Ironically, Daves VNS > page came in fine for me...I am guessing that his adjustments occurred > before I viewed it from this thread? Are you using IE as your browser? I could view Unicode version fine under IE (and Konqueror). It was other browsers that couldn't cope. SignaturePaul Oldham, Milton, Cambridge, UK http://the-hug.org/paul/stroke/ I'll second the unreadable in Netscape. IE works fine. Dave ©¿©¬ wrote: > Howdy Paul! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > My keyboard character code is Unicode. "Dave ©¿©¬" <dave@_nospam_howdydave.com> wrote in message news:<evsab.4134$CO7.2369@news02.roc.ny>... > Howdy Paul! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > My keyboard character code is Unicode. More exactly for that page you are using Unicode encoding form UTF-16 with BOM at the beginning indicating little-endian order. It looks fine in IE but when I check the VIEW Menu to see what the encoding is I find a ghosted bullet against a ghosted entry "Unicode" which otherwise doesn't appear on the menu. "Unicode (UTF-8)" appears on the menu separately. On viewing other web pages this ghost entry "Unicode" does not show at all on the Menu although "Unicode (UTF-8)" does. Accordingly I suspect IE has hidden support for UTF-16 which works here even though UTF-16 encoding is not selectable. Perhaps the support was not dependably debugged for the latest release though it works with your page. Netscape and Mozilla do not currently support UTF-16. Opera claims to support UTF-16 but selecting it doesn't work for your page. I suggest using UTF-8 if you really want to work with Unicode here. Jim Allan |
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