My Dad has a deep brain stimulator for his Parkinson's Disease.
It helps regulate the tremors he gets. The battery popped an alert that it needed to be swapped a few weeks ago, and yesterday it failed entirely.
My understanding is that the sheer backlog of people needing care, mixed with the inefficiencies of the VA system have slowed things down to a crawl.
Currently he's not due for a consult until May 16th. Not a battery swap... A consult.
Meanwhile his tremors are out of control.
@NiveusLepus is he at all responsive to medication that may quell tremors in the interim? P.S. My dad had Parkinson’s.
@CanisPundit The Carvidope and Levidope are barely touching it and he is on many meds. They also leave him quite sick.
That said they've increased his dosage and the hope is it will help at least a bit. Time will bare it out.
It's a terrible disease, and I'm sorry you had to go through it with your father.