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This is very interesting. I had bypass surgery in Nov 1998. Starting in March/APril 99, I started getting "heavy legs" and in October 1999, I started to freeze. So, my PD worsened in a period of one year. Went from 1 sinemet in the morning to 3 X day, Plus Comtan, and some XANAX on the side. Mario ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathy Bailey <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 9:56 AM Subject: Re: Is It True That Anesthesia Progresses PD? > Speaking from experience, YES!! My father went in for heart surgery, and > has never walked since, in intensive care for 32 days, hospital stay 102 > days total. He has advanced psp, and before surgery mild to moderate psp ( > we thought he had Parkinsons at the time, since diagnosed as psp) We > sometimes wish we never had the heart surgery. 12 hours long surgery. Too > long to be under for a healthy person!! None of his doctors gave any > indication of problems with his condition. > KathyB daughter to Forrest 69/4 > > At 02:46 PM 7/6/00, you wrote: > >My father's oncologist just told us that he could not recommend my dad have > >surgery or even a minimally invasive laporascopic RFA (a new procedure > >that has just been FDA approved for liver metastases) if he were to need it > >because he says whenever you put a person with a movement disorder under > >anesthesia it risks progressing it. Dad is 81 but in very good > >condition....... > > > >I am interested in anyone else who has had this experience of anesthesia > >worsening movement disorders. As many of you know I am a young-onset pwp > >(at age 20) just turned 40. Before the age of 20 I had a total of 6 knee > >operations and since the age of onset I have had 4 other surgeries. A cyst > >was removed from the back of my right calf three years ago. The procedure > >was only expected to last 30-45 minutes but due to the cyst being larger > >than anticipated the surgery lasted 1 1/2 hours. I thought I would never > >recover from that surgery. My tremors seemed to have worsened at the time. > >Over the time of recovery the tremors lessened almost as if the brain was > >recovering from anesthesia. Something else that is interesting is I have a > >high threshold for drugs meaning it takes a heck of a lot of anything to > >work as far as relieving any pain. For instance at the dentist what would > >normally take 1 shot of novacaine takes me 3-4 shots to numb. Even > >orthopedic pain is extremely hard to treat. It makes it difficult because > >pain increases symptoms of pd. Plus doctors are reluctant to prescibe > >anything too high powered because of the pd. So what is a person to do? I > >have fallen 3 times in the past two weeks from my dyskinesias knocking me > >off balance. I am using my wheelchair more for fear of the possibilites of > >broken bones. I have to admit I am not handling this very well. I am hard > >headed but not dumb. Is it time for DBS because of dyskinesias? Any > >opinion is welcome. Thanks so much for the shoulder to lean on guys knowing > >I have my "pd list family" helps. Keep up the fight...we are all in this > >together. > > > >sandy aka sassypwp > > > >Sandra Norris > >"Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see." >