I post this for RNS informational purposes. I am now almost 2 weeks post RNS surgery. Surgery ended up taking 8 hours. Currently, I feel a bit like a fuzzy cracked walnut (lol). I've retained all my awareness and balance since the Surgery and have felt no mood or mental impact and that has been a relief. The idea of someone tiptoeing through my brain has always been a worry. The device has been set to "learning" mode for the first month. At the end of the month, I will see the programming neurologists to have the settings reprogrammed to actively send a pulse to stop my seizures. That visit will be a regular visit every few months. I'm very anxious to see how this process and results turn out.