thanks for your encouragement. My first dose of medicine is the only dose I can rely on. After this, my dyskinesias usually begin...I had a pallidotomy in 1999 and initially the response was very good but this only lasted for 3 months and then i was back to the same thing.... i am having my surgery methodist hospital in Houston Hospital in houston by dr. richard simpson. my famiy doesn't want me to have the surgery because they are afraid i will be worse, but i am getting worse without the surgery. WINNIE CAROL GRAY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn