hilary blue, no.. but i discussed this w/ my neurosurgeon and he said that the pallitomy should not preclude the stn surgery. he said that they were in different locationsand shou.ld not interfere with each other. his name is dr. marc goldman and he is located in columbus, ga. and his phone no. is 706-321- 9300. please email at [log in to unmask] and i will get in touch w/him for you if you would like. jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn