At 12:12 AM 10/17/2001 -0400, you wrote: There are several sites on line with pretty good discussion of DBS procedures. There is one site which is from NYU Medical Center and the Hospital for Joint Diseases. http://mcns10.med.nyu.edu/CMD/stn_main.html > About a month or so ago, I posted a request for comments on why, if >this was usually such a successful procedure, didn't more, or even all, PWP >have it done. I got 2 responses, both substantially the same, which said >that it is too a dangerous operation, and they had looked into it and had >decided the benefits weren't worth the risks. I guess what I need is a >primer on the whole topic. [The pro n cons, what it is about/does, recovery, >etc] DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A PUBLICATION OR OTHER SOURCE OF INFO ON DBS? I >should also, I know, check the List's achieves, but I have never done that. >Is there a set of instructions for accessing it? Thanks!!! >BBA >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kathleen Cochran" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:25 PM >Subject: Re: DBS survey > > > > In a message dated 10/16/2001 7:38:40 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > > > << If you have had DBS surgery the Rockford Young Parkinson's Support >Group > > would like to know about your experience, whether it is negative or > > positive. Please take a few minutes to answer our survey questions. >> > > > > Sharon, > > > > Good luck with your survey! Hope you will share your findings with the >list. > > > > Kathleen > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn