janice, my name is jim stinson and i began having problems with my meds.i have had pk for 23 yrs. 3 years ago i went to a neurosurgeon here in col. close to where i live and he suggested a dbs placed in the stn. i went in a wheelchair and when he turned me on i walked out. it absolutely changed my life.they (the dbs) are now covered by madicare.when i had it done it was not and quite expensive but recently the medicare decided to pay for it . please respond and let me know a little about yourself to [log in to unmask] thanks. jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn