Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy

Follow a case study of a patient dealing withintractible Epilepsy. Faced with intolerable sideeffects from ever-increasing dosages of anti-seizuremedications she struggles with the possibility ofimplantation of a novel new non-medicinal device. Vagus Nerve Stimulation with a battery powereddevice implanted in the neck might be the ultimatesolution. But what if it fails? What if there neveris an answer? Her research her uncertainty and herultimate decision are chronicled here in aheart-warming tribute to a brave woman.The author involved on a very personal level spendscountless hours researching Epilepsy searching foranswers. He feels helpless as the patient hisbeautiful wife gains over seventy pounds develops avery noticeable and worrisome tremor wakes at nightto hallucinations and loses her self-esteem. The onepossible answer seems to be VNS.