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Hello Bodil and Georg - Thank you for sharing your story. It gives us hope. Regards Shirley > Hello All, Dear Pat. > My wife, Bodil, got her DBS 19th. of feb. this year. > Just a little background. > We are living in Denmark and her Parkinson started about 25 years ago. > 18 years ago she had to say goodbye to work and hello to a weelchair. > She had a lot of fatique, stiffness, slowly movements and worst of all some > very painfull dystonia which could last up to 6 to 8 hours, and they came > nearly every night, if we were lucky only once, but often 2 - 3 times. > 8 years ago I was paid from the local authority, so I could stay at home and > work as her caregiver, it was a very good solution for us both. > The decision operation or not is a hard one, but the harder Mr. Parkinson is > the easier is the decision. > The day of the operation started at 8 o'clock in the morning with the offer > of the day: A free haircut. It was a very long day, I looked at the watches > once in a hour, and every time the hands had only moved 5 minutes, but at > last she came out, and already at that time I could feel that the tension in > her toes were gone. > To day we have got a new life, Bodil is walking around, as much as 3 miles a > day, it has been hard to get the muscles to work again, but it is getting > better every day. > She can take our grandchild up and give her a hook. > We have again been able to go to wedding and birthdays in the family. > There has been a good deal of adjustment, but every time with a better > result, still sometimes we think it could be better, I think it is part of > human nature if we get 90% better then the 10% after a time tends to be 100% > so it is important to remember how things were before the operation a diary > is good for that. > We have had to face other (luxury)problems, for example I have been alone in > the kitchen for many years, and placed the things were I think it should be, > but now, where Bodil is taking the washing - up or even making the dinner, > everything get new places. > We have been happy with the operation every minute since it was done, but > the final decision is a personal one, hope this can help you to make the > right decision for you. > The company who make the device gives a lot of information at: > www.medtronic.com > > Best wishes > Bodil and Georg. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn