The actual surgery was a breeze, but it took almost a year >til I felt I could say, "I'm so glad I had the surgery". Paula - Would you mind being more specific? This is a very real option for my 52 year old sister, and she's scared to death of it, but running out of room in other directions. She has almost do dyskenisia, but a terrible time with freezing up. Does the DBS improve the latter issue very much? Thanks. John in Michigan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn