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At 06:12 PM 6/19/2001 -0700, you wrote: >Hello List Friends, > >Just wanted to report that I had the DBS STN done on the second side two >weeks ago. Had the first side done about two months ago. I did not want to >get my hopes up too much before I went in, you know how it is, better to be >turn them both on. I have a quesrion, can a person who has had a bilateral Palidotomy alo have dbs? Will it do that person any good? I >reduced the meds drastically and each day since then there have been some >good signs to report. > >I wish for all of you that you could have this done. I feel like a person >again for the first time in a while. I came home from the hospital today. >I was in the rehab unit for a week. I still have a long way to go., but my >doc insists that I will be able to walk again someday when I have built the >muscles back up in my legs. My medicine is reduced to 1/3 of what I was >taking. For any of you that are curious, I am 53 years old, have had >Parkinsons for about l4 years, although like so many of you, I had a hard >time getting a diagnosis even though my dear brother had it ( also young >onset) and I really knew what I had long before I could get the docs to say >it. My brother died over a year ago after a long fight with the disease. >He died of a massive heart attack. I am not sure how much of that was >attributable to the Parkinsons.......but I learned from him to fight and >finally I feel like I am back in the ring instead of sitting on the >sidelines and watching life pass me by. > >If anyone would like any other information, please contact me. I will be >happy to tell you whatever I can. > >Diane Leeds >[log in to unmask] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > Yours and His David L Moreland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn