One of Hoge’s “Tiny Commenters” (as defined by Ali Akbar) is a snot-dripping moron named Rick Buchanan. Rick claims to have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s when he was still a fetus, or some other such nonsense. At any rate, he claims he was diagnosed at a very young age. He had deep brain stimulation because of tremors. Well, good. Good for Rick Buchanan.
I had deep brain stimulation when I didn’t need it because I was a perfect fit for a clinical trial to see if people in the early stages of Parkinson’s could survive DBS and tolerate the implantation of the devices long-term.
Rick Buchanan had DBS because he couldn’t handle the tremor. Poor lad.
I had DBS to further the science on Parkinson’s disease.