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Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by deltabravosam on Monday June 21, 2021 @09:48PM (#27587071)
I have something that does require this and I couldn't finish the article. I have no idea what I'm going to do.

I'm facing potentially fatal seizures or DBS.

Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by UI_at_80x24 on Monday June 21, 2021 @11:18PM (#27587567)
I want to help. I can call you if you want, or offer my phone number for you to call me.

It's not bad. You don't feel ANYTHING. If you've ever been to the dentist and had a cavity filled then that is the extent of the horror. The sounds are no worse, just different.

There is no reason to suffer. Let's talk about this. (It's 23:15 Eastern, I'm going to bed soon. But we can also talk tomorrow.)

Here's the number you can reach me at: 313-524-1974

My name is Matt.

Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by kmote00 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @12:44AM (#27588068)
You are being a serious bro, Matt, and I commend you for it! But I would hate to see you get deluged by phone spam as a result. Please consider spelling out the letters of some of the digits in your phone number before it gets scraped.
Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by EGreg on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @02:11AM (#27588540)
I always wondered, years have gone by, haven't spammers figured out how to scrape numbers from all the little tricks we have done over the years? Maybe even a reverse GPT-4 type AI?
Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by UI_at_80x24 on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:59AM (#27591042)
It's a voip number that I created just in case this person wants to talk. I can/will delete it if I start to get spam/abuse.