Tom is lucky to have a friend like you.  I promise thoughts and prayers
will be circling Sarasota.  I had my DBS STN in Oregon 1996.  I pray his
turns out as good or better than mine.  He is going to love it.

>I just wanted to write to all of you on the list to ask for your support and
>prayers of a friend of mine who is undergoing a Subthalamic DBS in Sarasota,
>Florida on Thursday, Oct. 21.
>
>He is the reason I joined the list some 5 years ago and have been on and off
>the list throughout that time.
>
>To give you some background on who we are let me briefly explain.
>
>We traveled to Denver, Colorado and LA a few years back researching the
>Fetal Tissue Implantation and I have been to Palm Springs visiting with a
>group of Doctors who gave a days worth of information on PD and its current
>research and results.  Dr. Lieberman was one of the doctors who gave a
>presentation and I visited with him for a short while before the
>presentation.
>
>In addition, I am on the Advisory Board of a local Parkinson's clinic in
>Minneapolis, Minnesota and I chair the Regional Outreach committee trying to
>reach out to other communities hoping to increase the availability of PD
>specific clinics or at least allow our clinic to train them and use our
>facilitiy and programming expertise as well as the library and other
>resources we have to offer.
>
>The gentleman having the surgery was my significant other for five years.  I
>took a very active role in helping him with his PD.  We have since separated
>as of January this past year.  But, I feel very strongly about continuing to
>help his family deal with this disease as well as continuing on with the
>Board that I have worked with for two years now.
>
>He is not very able to work with the computer any longer and never cared to
>get that involved himself with the clinic, the Board, the internet or even
>watch documentaries on the subject.
>
>His sister has now taken over that role for him after my departure and I
>work with and through her to pass along all this information that comes
>across on the list as well as anything else that can contribute to his
>health and well being.
>
>He is scheduled to have the surgery on Thursday, October 21 in Sarasota, FL
>by a Dr. Schumacher at the Neurological Research Institute of Sarasota.
>They are a NPF Center of Excellence.
>
>I am asking for your letters of support that I can send to his sister and
>deliver to him.  I am asking also for your prayers.
>
>I will keep you all informed of his surgery as well as his outcome as time
>goes on.
>
>We all need to help each other....which is why we are on this PD List in the
>first place.  By praying for one another, supporting one another and sharing
>our information, personal experiences and helping each other know what is
>happening in the world of television, government, and the written
>word.....we will all live a better life.
>
>I thank you all for what I know you will do for Tom and his family.
>
>Sheila De Vine
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