He has done around 10-12 and the "gap" (if u hv top health cover) is apprx. $6,000 AU. Dr Peter Silburn has done around 40 (he's a neurologist who lives & works in Qld) - Dr Silburn was coming to Sydney to help Dr Cook and both these men worked as a team when I had my dbs - so I guess u cud say I felt I had the best of both worlds! Kind regards Kay Messiter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Lee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 5:55 PM Subject: Re: extradural motor cortex stimulation > Kay: > I would be most grateful if you can tell me how many dbs surgeries Dr Ray > Cook has done and what is the total cost? > > Thanks > Sharon > > > >From: Info at Parkinsons NSW <[log in to unmask]> > >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > ><[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: Re: extradural motor cortex stimulation > >Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:25:15 +1000 > > > >My name is Kay - I had dbs by Dr Ray Cook and Dr Peter Silburn in March > >this > >year - I have been able to drop 10 sinemet/day from 1400 to 400 > >sinemet/day. > >Also dropped 3 cabaser, 2 endep and 1 quinine. Dr Cook's ph no in sydney > >is > >(02) 9437 4125 > >kind regards > >Kay > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "maree" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > >Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 4:30 PM > >Subject: Re: extradural motor cortex stimulation > > > > > > > HELLO > > > My Father has PD anyone know of any operations available in Australia > > > > > > > Hello all.MYy name is George and I have had Parkinsons for 5 years.I'm > > > > intrigued by the one article on EMCS done on 3 patients at U. of > >Turin. > > > > > > > > Anything new? > > > > > > > > Any info on its practise inn this N.America? > > > > > > > > Thanks,G. > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Get tips for maintaining your PC, notebook accessories and reviews in > > > > Technology 101. http://special.msn.com/tech/technology101.armx > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > >mailto:[log in to unmask] > >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > _________________________________________________________________ > Keep track of Singapore & Malaysia stock prices. > http://www.msn.com.sg/money/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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