Change

Everything changes, and usually not in the manner that you or I envision.

Last November, I had a neurology appointment to fine-tune the settings in my Deep Brain Stimulator (DBS) in an attempt to be more responsive to rapidly evolving Parkinson’s symptoms. Such hardware adjustments are inherently tricky maneuvers, educated guesswork impacted by medication dosage changes and lifestyle modifications.

After extensive trial and error experimentation, we decided that my DBS was already emitting...