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Good morning and happy Friday. I am scheduled for DBS surgery on 3/23 at UCLA hospital however I have to take three 3 tests first before My surgery. If I passed then the. Surgery is on. There are the tests: memory mood and psychological
Does anyone out there who had the surgery knoe
What kind of questions do they asked? Please anyone help me out here. I'm not trying to sheat or anything like that If you can help I be much appreciated. Thank you and have an awesome day
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posted January 27, 2017
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I have had the same test you are talking about as my op its on the 7th March 2017, the questions i answered were general like date month and year who is the queen of england who is the prime minister of England. Then they go on to more general questions where it is not necessarily a right or wrong reply it how you respond and how you see things like a picture of a man as to weather in your opinion he is happy or sad. Then some like start with 100 and keep taking 7 away from it. The Levadopa challenge is the hardest part completly off all meds so they can see you pd in the raw.
My op is a queens sq London.
BB xx
I wish for you the very best of luck xxx

posted February 1, 2017 (edited)
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

I was asked to repeat a list of words and found it easiest to remember them if I created a story linking them or associated them with one of my fingers. They read me a paragraph and I had to repeat it back. Try naming as many animals that start with each letter of the alphabet to get the cobwebs out. My tester said i was the only person in his experience who used lemur for "l". then there were geometric patterns to figure out, like how you'd create a shape using plastic pieces they gave you. Also how to navigate a maze like they have in children's magazines. Best to just get a good night's sleep beforehand so you can concentrate

posted January 31, 2017
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

i had the memory test.i was terrified mostly because no one told me what to expect....but it was OK. It was on the computer and i got to go at my own pace. Don't psych yourself out.... you'll be fine.... let me know how it goes.

posted January 27, 2017
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

My husband had both sides of his brain done in 2005. He had to have all of his medical records from the Family Doc. Then we had a neuro. a movement specialist and the sergeant . Then before he had the first side done he had a 4 hour test from a neuro phys. doc. and that was to see mainly about memory and then after to find out if he had any loss in any way. That was done both before and after. each time

posted February 8, 2017
A MyParkinsonsTeam Member

Yes I believe I can do this thing before my DBS surgery and I hope that the programmer will help

posted April 10, 2017

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