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Did you have DBS-STN to help control the symptoms of your advancing PD? If you or someone you know had bi-lateral DBS-STN at least six months ago, we want to hear from you. Call us toll free at 1-800-579-8440 We will send you a packet of information containing our latest survey, Focus 2, Quality of Life and Depression. We will include the Focus 1 Report, a comparison of prevailing symptoms pre and post dbs-stn, or you can go to our web site and read these on line or download the material. Visit and donąt forget to book-mark <http://65.54.184.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=a957d96f1fe56235f7632d228754cf96&lat=1085966562&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2edbs%2dstn%2eorg>http://www.dbs-stn.org DBS-STN.org is committed to help improve the quality of life of the DBS-STN patients and their caregivers. The concept of the web site and its contents were conceived and initiated by Margaret Tuchman, President of the Parkinson Alliance. As a bilateral STN patient, she knows first hand the issues facing the DBS-STN community. Through patient and caregiver surveys, we are not only asking questions but providing answers that will help those who underwent DBS-STN surgery. After our survey responses are analyzed they are compared with existing literature and are summarized in a Report. This format was successfully used with Focus 1. The Survey results are shared with our participants and they can also be found on our website. Participants can learn how their quality of life compares to others who took the survey and with what the research community agrees or disagrees based on their studies. We have found that the well informed PD patient can often judge and express insightfully their health status. Excellent listening skills by the doctor in combination with intelligent questions from the patient and family are necessary to improve the Quality of Life of the patients. Moreover, the DBS.STN.org also offers a Forum where PD related questions promote comments from other patients and as a special service, a panel of medical experts volunteer advice to help with the more complicated issues. Take a journey through our corner of the world and promise yourself that for every seed of information you find useful you will share a bit of yourself with others. It is NOT mandatory to complete a survey in order to visit the website. Everyone is always welcome. The many ways you can contact us: Mail: DBS-STN.org ¬ Post Office Box 308 ¬ Kingston, New Jersey 08529-0308 Phone: 800-579-8440 ¬ Fax: 609-688-0875 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web site <<http://65.54.184.250:80/cgi-bin/linkrd?_lang=EN&lah=a957d96f1fe56235f7632d228754cf96&lat=1085966562&hm___action=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2edbs%2dstn%2eorg>http://www.dbs-stn.org> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn