I Press My Remote Control, My Skull Vibrates - and My Headache Disappears ; Goodhealth Me and My Operation Occipital Nerve Stimulator Implant
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PATRICIA EASTMAN, 41, a nurse, lives in Weston-super-Mare with her husband, Kevin, 45, and their two children. She has suffered severe headaches for five years and last year, became one of the first people in Britain to have electrodes implanted in her brain to switch off the pain.
Here, she tells THEA JOURDAN about her experience, and her surgeon explains the new procedure.See the full content of this document
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I Press My Remote Control, My Skull Vibrates - and My Headache Disappears ; Goodhealth Me and My Operation Occipital Nerve Stimulator Implant
THE PATIENT
MY HEADACHE came on very suddenly. One day in April 2000, I developed a very sharp pain behind my left eye. It felt as if I had hit my head against the wall.I took paracetamol and lay down, but the pain just got worse and worse. It was so bad that I couldn't face eating or drinking and co...See the full content of this document
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