Stephen's Migraine Procedure
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Stephen quaIifies for a medical device that should give him relieve from the chronic, protracted and infractable migraines he has had since November of 2011. These migraines aren't like migraines that most people get. This type of migraines is the worst and most disabling migraines you can get. Migraines of this nature cause severe pain and last for weeks and months at a time, and does not respond well to any medication. Stephen has tried everyother option and this seems like the only way to give him as close to a normal life as possible. I am trying to raise money for Stephen so he can have the Reed Procedure. We are waiting to see what portion if any the insurance will pay for the medical fees. In addition, we have traveling expenses to Dallas Texas and back.
"Reed Migraine Centers is the first medical institution in the world to implant a neurostimulator for headache control and has recently extended this technique to treat severe migraine headaches across the country. An implantable neurostimulator is a medical device that is placed underneath the skin, at the target areas, to control migraine headaches. Similar to a pacemaker’s purpose for the heart, where a small battery is placed under the skin and a tiny wire passes up to the heart to pace it, the same is true for the implantable neurostimulator. For headache sufferers, tiny wires pass underneath the skin to superficial locations in the head, and once turned on, effectively stop the headache. The battery generates a mild, electromagnetic field at the tip of a long wire, connected to the small battery pack and emits electrical pulses to the superficial nerves in the forehead and back of the head. Headache pain is then replaced with a tingling or massaging sensation almost instantly. Medical studies show that while the device is stimulating the superficial nerves, it is also stimulating deep centers in the brain related to the areas important in the modulation and genesis of headaches. Thus, the neurostimulator works in a very safe fashion to stop or prevent headaches from occurring altogether." (Reed Migraine Website)
Stephen has been pain free approximately 35-40 days in the last three years. Like an organ transplant procedure, when we get the call, and if we have enough money raised, they will schedule him for the procedure.
Organizer
Barbara Reinking
Organizer
Fort Lauderdale, FL