Hi, Margie - Thanks for your very timely and well put observations as always . All the best . Dick Swindler wrote: > Hi, Joao Paulo - > > I highly recommend DBS, since Dick has had such helpful results from it. But > Dick's shortness of breath didn't start until about two years ago, three > years after his DBS surgeries. Of course, Dick had the older pallidal > stimulation instead of STN, which I believe is more helpful with dystonia and > so forth. DBS is a good idea anyway, if the MDS thinks it's indicated. > Margie > << Sandy , > I wonder if you consider in your case to have a surgery such as a DBS. > All the best . > >> Joao Paulo - Salvador,BA,Brazil [log in to unmask]