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At 05:04 PM 7/22/2001 -0400, you wrote: Praise be to God!! I am at the six year mark. Dr. Burchiel at OHSU did mine. Prior to the Pallidotomy. I had very severe dyskinesias. I said that must be what Hell is like. It was sure Hell. Thanks be to God for Dr. Burchiel. I have hardly had any dyskinesia since that day in 1995. >For those of you who have been on the Parkinson's Digest for awhile may >remember when I had a bi-lateral pallidotomy (actually the first one >performed to my knowledge) on Dec. 1, 1993. It was performed by the >brilliant, skilled, innovative, "wild and crazy," controversial Dr. Robert >Iacono. The only neurosurgeon who can claim over 2000 surgeries for the >treatment of PD. Because there was so much controversy about this surgery >I made a commitment to the larger Parkinson's community that I would keep >you updated with yearly reports as to my progress. There were many who >said that the results would only last a year or two at the most. As if >that would not have been worth doing for any time of relief from this >insidious disease. Well as you shall see I am 7.5 years out from surgery >and still going strong. I am recently serving as a Parkinson's Disease >"research assistant" with Dr. Bonham in Pittsburgh, who Jim Cordy has >called on of the most brilliant PD docs he knows. If any of you want more >info on the pallidotomy go to "www.pallidotomy.com" or contact me directly. > A Fellow Parkie, Don Berns Attachment Converted: >"c:\eudora\attach\7.5YearRpt.txt" We have a new e-mail address: > [log in to unmask] > 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