Hi Tess, good to hear from you...it may take a  year for the hematoma to
clear up but it is not painful.  How are Mom and Dad?  You and Bruno? Ray

---- Original Message -----
From: "tess owens" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Dentists//PD/DBS/David


Ditto!
  Get Well RAY!
        Hugs to you and lil man Spike
  TESS

On 5/2/06, rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> David, I just look really bad.  I  have a real interesting houseguest so I
> have completely lost my voice and am behind in my emails, over 88 of them.
> Ray
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 2:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Dentists//PD/DBS/David
>
>
> > Dear Ray,
> > Sorry to hear about the bruising you took from the dentist needles.  One
> > question: you wouldn't suggest to a blind person that they keep using a
> > seeing eye dog with catarracts to cross the street, so why ....?  Your
> > story
> > reminded me of the first time  I had to testify in Family Court as an
> > expert
> > witness (as a psychologist). I was dismayed to find out that the judge
> > was
> > deaf.  Of course, that wasn't as bad as the second time: the judge was a
> > raving paranoid schizophrenic alcoholic.   Hope your recovery goes well,
> > David
> >
> >
> >>From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> >><[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Re: Dentists//PD/DBS/David
> >>Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:39:53 -0700
> >>
> >>David, thanks for your concern.  Tooth popped out easily after he scared
> >>me
> >>about how difficult it might be to extract.  However, he really hurt me
> >>with the novocain injections, creating a huge hematoma.  I look like
> >>I've
> >>been beaten up by Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly, have big purple bruise
> >>on
> >>right side of face.  I am usually pretty lucky with dental procedures,
> >>but
> >>having PD makes everything harder, being unable to talk to explain
> >>DBS/dental precautions, etc., he must have been in a hurry.  The
> >>endodontist
> >>(he verified the tooth that was the culprit) was really nice that I saw
> >>Thursday and a friend of his had had successful DBS for dystonia.  My
> >>CG/helper is a wonderful person, but is not too sophisticated re medical
> >>matters and it is very frustrating as she has a hearing problem and I a
> >>speaking one.   I'm hoping the blood clot will gradually dissolve.  My
> >>Mom
> >>also had one when neurosurgeon missed nerve and hit blood vessel near
> >>nerve/hole to brain during surgery for trigeminal neuralgia.  It took a
> >>year
> >>to go away.
> >>Ray
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 6:55 AM
> >>Subject: Re: ILLINOIS SUPPORTs ESCRBev
> >>
> >>
> >>>Dear Ray,
> >>>"Is it safe?"  Here's hoping that you don't have Dr. Mengele for a
> >>>dentist.
> >>>Good luck with your procedure.  And let's hope that that lovely gadfly
> >>>brain
> >>>of yours doesn't get zapped.  We need your passionate intelligence.
> >>>David
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> >>>><[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>>>Subject: Re: ILLINOIS SUPPORTs ESCRBev
> >>>>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:07:10 -0700
> >>>>
> >>>>Bev
> >>>>
> >>>>This is what I have been saying.  Jehovah's Witnesses don't prevent me
> >>>>from
> >>>>getting a blood transfusion and Christian Scientists don't  keep me
> >>>>from
> >>>>seeing a doctor.  But because of Bush and his "religious right" base
> >>>>we
> >>>>must
> >>>>struggle and fight them as well as PD.  They are crafty,
> >>>>well-organized
> >>>>and
> >>>>dedicated to stalling research.  A few actually suffer from disease
> >>>>and
> >>>>disability and they have managed to make the "choice" for all of us.
> >>>>Prop
> >>>>71 passed in CA over 2  years ago. We are now fighting state by state,
> >>>>winning some, losing others while research goes on elsewhere.  This is
> >>>>good,
> >>>>but not everyone is physically and financially able to travel abroad
> >>>>for
> >>>>help.
> >>>>It is difficult to express how outraged I am that we are even
> >>>>discussing
> >>>>this.  It is especially bad for me today as I am suffering from 2
> >>>>raging
> >>>>toothaches while worrying about the effect the dentist's drill may
> >>>>have
> >>>>on
> >>>>my neurotransmitter implants or whether the teeth can just be
> >>>>extracted.
> >>>>If
> >>>>my brain does not get "fried" today I will continue to fight as long
> >>>>as
> >>>>I
> >>>>can.
> >>>>In my opinion more people need to get on a soap box, not less, Ray
> >>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>From: "Beverly Bashe" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:41 AM
> >>>>Subject: Re: ILLINOIS JOINS STATES SUPPORTING ESCR
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I don't know about you, but I'm getting so sick of these moralizing
> >>>>>people
> >>>>>trying to tell me (and mine) what I can or cannot do as long as I'm
> >>>>>not
> >>>>>harming another person.  Who are they to say whether or not my
> >>>>>husband
> >>>>>can
> >>>>>have a chance at life?  Or, heaven forbid, my children---in case that
> >>>>>PD
> >>>>>is
> >>>>>a hereditary disease.  I don't believe that a religious leader or
> >>>>>some
> >>>>>holier-than-thou group has the right to inhibit research that can
> >>>>>repair
> >>>>>a
> >>>>>life.  If stem cell research can hold the cure for many neurological
> >>>>>diseases, then go for it...especially if the stem cells are not
> >>>>>killing
> >>>>>another human (read "fetus").  If these stem cells are to be put in
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>garbage, or if they're manufactured another way, I cannot conceive of
> >>>>>a
> >>>>>greater waste than for them not to be used to better humankind.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>I understand that lots of people have negative opinions about the use
> >>>>>of
> >>>>>the
> >>>>>above....  To them, I say, "Then don't use the meds that develop from
> >>>>>these
> >>>>>experiments if you or yours should become ill...and these meds are
> >>>>>recommended to you on the chance they might cure you."  In the
> >>>>>meantime,
> >>>>>don't interfere with the millions of people who stand to gain from
> >>>>>this
> >>>>>research.  It's truly NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>OK...I'll get off my soap box now.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Bev
> >>>>>----- Original Message -----
> >>>>>From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:31 PM
> >>>>>Subject: ILLINOIS JOINS STATES SUPPORTING ESCR
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Illinois became the first Midwestern state to use taxpayer dollars
> >>>>>>for
> >>>>>>stem
> >>>>>>cell research Monday when Gov. Rod Blagojevich awarded $10 million
> >>>>>>in
> >>>>>>grants
> >>>>>>to a group of Chicago scientists. Their work will include embryonic
> >>>>>>stem
> >>>>>>cell research.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>A few other states, including California, Connecticut and New
> >>>>>>Jersey,
> >>>>>>have
> >>>>>>spent taxpayer dollars on the research since President George W.
> >>>>>>Bush
> >>>>>>in
> >>>>>>2001 forbade the use of federal funding for embryonic stem cell
> >>>>>>research.
> >>>>>>Supporters say the science could produce near-miraculous cures for
> >>>>>>the
> >>>>>>worst
> >>>>>>diseases, but opponents respond that it is morally wrong to try to
> >>>>>>derive
> >>>>>>medical treatments from some human cells.
> >>>>>>
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