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Paul, I agree that both sides of the story should be told and because of that, I posted what has happened to me. My story is not typical but it is within the realms of possibility. IMOHO, you were a little hard on Rayilyn. Knowledge is power. Prior to my surgery, I educated myself about the procedure and had only found two people that had negative outcomes. I knew all of the statistics and was able to make an informed decision to have the surgery. I do not regret my decision. The neurosurgeon that did my surgery has even referred other patients to talk to me. He said that you usually find two types of people.. those whose outcome was wonderful and tell all the warm-fuzzies stories or those whose outcome was not successful who speak with anger and attorneys and vengeance and negativity. I fall somewhere in the middle... I can tell the warm-fuzzies of the dramatic improvement that the DBS brought to me as well as being able to talk about "almost" the worse possible outcome that you would want to hear. Is it really that incredible that I would want to have the surgery again? I am 40 years old, I am not ready to stop my life because of PD. The surgery worked, I was better and I will be again. I have a memory to hang on to and something to look forward to as well... dancing with my husband again. If there is any anger or bitterness within me, it is that more has not been done to find a cure. I find it deplorable that I even have to make a choice about DBS surgery and the benefit/risk of such. If we are going to fight... let's not do it over verbiage or with one another. Let's do it with the public and the people in our government who can bring about change. Let's put our energies towards eradicating this disease by putting a face to it, taking it out of the closet, showing and making people know that one day, we could be them. Yes Paul, both sides need to be told. To date, DBS is the medical miracle for us, it is in my opinion the best solution but in no means is it the cure. I am so grateful that I live in a time where I can have this option unlike those a decade ago. Let's unite and fight together so that a decade from now even DBS will be something of the past. Deborah But for the Grace of God, Go I! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn