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Art: Yes, DBS has and can be done on some after pallidotomy - however, both are only temporary means to try to gain time (and money) and are potentially destructive. There is a Cord Cell Therapy on the horizon and I will be posting more information about it this week - real hope and improvement from dopamine producing neurons being placed back in the nigra of the brain (done successfully on humans with no side effects, morbidity or mortality)...I have possibly missed some information posts to the list due to address change by me, so anyone needing more information on our Quest for a Cure or Dr. Garg's Cord Cell Therapy please contact me at [log in to unmask] anytime. I will be posting an update on the Quest this week also...Marie carepartner to Judd 74/18 w Parkinsons ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Hirsch" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 8:04 PM Subject: DBS after pallidotomy? > In preparation for the luncheon that we had honouring Barbara Patterson and > the tenth anniversary of the list, I tried contacting some of the older > listmembers. By older I mean some of the members from the list's earlier > days, not necessarily chronologically older. Among these people was Barb > Mallut, now living in a retirement home in West Hills, California. Barb > had been moved there by her daughters after she had some serious problems > with her medications. She is without a computer, as least for the time > being, though she has a listed phone number. > > Barb has had a unilateral pallidotomy some years ago, and I asked her if > she had considered having DBS. No, she explained to me, you can't have a > successful DBS after a pallidotomy - or so she thought. I wasn't so sure, > as I think that I have seen it mentioned somewhere in my travels - but I'm > not sure where. > > Does anybody on the list have any information on this? An answer on the > list would be appropriate. > > Art > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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