Dear Joyce:
We will pray for your speedy recovery.
Henry Guttentag



You wrote:
>
>Thanks you all so much for your messages of good wishes.  Your prayers
>carried me through my (left side) Pallidotomy last week in Toronto.
>
>The op was on Monday,  we returned back to NJ on Friday.
>
>As I go through the healing process and begin to regain my composure,
I will
>document the process in greater detail but for the moment my first
>observations are:
>
>Operation day Monday
>Day 2:  Tuesday: overall conditions not to bad
>Day 3 and 4  Wednesday and Thursday:  conditions bad    could not walk
  had
>to use the wheelchair    VERY DISCOURAGED
>Day 5 Friday   conditions in the A>M> started off in frozen condition
and had
>to wheelchair for Dr. Lozano evaluation visit.  But immediately
afterwards I
>was able to manage comfortably for the three hour bus trip from
Toronto to
>Buffalo where we picked up rental car for drive back to NJ.  I was in
good
>walking condition so we made a 2 1/2 hours drive stopped for the night
at
>7:30
>Day 6 Saturday   For the first time in years I was comfortable in the
car so
>we started our drive at 10AM  stopped twice  and arrived in NJ at 5:PM
>Day 7 Sunday    Had a great day (no pains  no freezing  and good gait)
 with
>many friends visiting   but broke down at about 9PM with bad pain and
tremor
>on my left side.
>VERY DISCOURAGED
>
>However,
>a) NO CRAMPING in EITHER leg, feet or toes
>b) some early day and more severe late night pain in my LEFT leg
(thigh and
>calf)
>c) some tremor along with  (b)  on left side
>d) some freezing on both sides during  early morning and late night
>e) occassional slurred speech and misspoken words
>
>During the final evaluation consult with the surgeon, his explanation
for the
>continued stiffness and freezing was due to "too little" Sinemet.  So,
we
>added one more 25/100 to the OJ mix.
>
>After 12 years of this, Im unable to fathom the daily inconsistencies
of the
>same dosages of the same meds.  Its almost like an Edie Gormy song:
>  Did I take too much
>  Did I take too few
>  Did I eat too soon or eat too late or eat too much
>
>  Was it wrong to hope for miracles
>  Was it wrong to want no pain
>  Should I let a man I hardly knew dig deeply in my brain
>  In my heart  it was the right thing to do
>  So I'll wait to heal and dream of things I have to gain
>
>to be continued
>
>Joyce
>