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Dear Carol, My name is Paula (from Pennsylvania). I've been diagnosed with PD since 5/27/92, was suffering from terrible dyskenesias (told friends I needed velcro for the butt), painful dystonia of the right foot, and profuse sweating . I had DBS on 10/30/00 after many years of telling my neurologist I did not want a pallidotomy.Everything I read about it turned me off to it. I told him my reasons. You could only do one side at a time. It was irreversible and I wanted no part of it. But the more I read about DBS and the worse I felt like this might be my ticket out of hell. It has taken me more than a year to bounce back, but it is now feeling like I have a new lease on life. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Gray" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 1:03 PM Subject: DBS > I too have wondered if I would be a candidate > for DBS. I have had PD for 23 years and have > just about gone through the entire list of > medications. My quality of life is not what I > would like it to be.At the present time my > worsr symptoms are the stiffness and dyskinesias. > I had a pallidotomy and while the immediate > effects were good it only lasted 6 months and > I have had a steady progression of my disease > since that time. I would be interested in > hearing fom anyone who has had the surgery! > carol gray > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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