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I am a newbie to the internet, so please excuse the errors. however, PD and I are old friends (or should I say "enemies"). i have had PD for 22 years. I am also a retired RN who has worked with many PD patients, both as a nurse and a volunteer at the NPF in Miami, Florida for many years. I was also married to man who has PD for almost 14 years. We recently divorced . i worked with Wm. J. Weiner at the Univ. of Miami movement disorder clinic ; answering the telephone, counseling newly diagnosed patients as well as those younger patients like myself, who felt all alone afflicted with an "older persons' disease". I was the Michael J Fox of the 80's. only nobody knew Diane Ruby Carlin! but I got to speak to and meet so many courageous people that will always be in my thoughts because their tenacity in fighting their battles with PD continue to inspire me and my personal war with such a clever foe.(I had a pallidotomy in my left-brain in 1998 which was a success by my standards that I had a neurostimulator implanted in my right sub-thalamic nucleus in July, 2001. This DBS-STN was a success because of the teamwork of Dr. A. Lieberman, my neurologist at the NPF, Dr Rezack, Dr. Jaggett, and Dr. Howard Landy, my neurosurgeons and Drs. Carlos Singer and William J. Weiner who supported me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn