Dear. fallow Parkies;
A lot of you know me my name is Tony Schoonenberg I have been active in the fight against PD since 1985. When I
was tould I I had PD. For the past 9 years I have been Dr.
Iacono's researcher and pt. I had also been suffering more
off time and was H&Y stage 5 50% of the time. I was taking
1500 To 2000mg a day of l-dopa, 300mg a dat of amantadine, and 12mg of mirapex a day. On aug. 9th 2000
underwent a right pallidotomy by DR. Iacono (in 1995 I had a left pallidotomy By Dr. Iacono) For severl months I was falling more than 4 times a day. I tried everthing with my meds I could think of (Liquid l-dopa Q1 hrs etc.)
Then I realized I was doing better with no meds. So I STOPED all parkie meds. and now its a month latter
I am walking and talking better than 2 years ago! I have
no tremor. So the question is whats a cure? For me I am cured I am doing better than I have in years on NO MEDS!!!
So I would say pallidotomy when its done by Dr. Iacono
is THE NEXT BEST THING TO A CURE!
Tony Schoonenberg
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