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Jim - Congratulations. I feel that ANY thing that will ease the symptoms of PD is worth what you have to go through. I wish my love was a candidate for that procedure. Best wishes, Jo Ann On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:57:42 EDT [log in to unmask] writes: > Hello all - > > Last week I celebrated the 8th anniversary of the experimental > surgery > (xenotransplantation) in which neuronal fetal pig cells were > implanted in my brain. > I was fortunate to be involved in this research project. > > I continue to be fairly functional. For example I drive, cook, > clean, etc. > All this after nearly 25 years with PD. Although far from cured I > am grateful > for the benefits of this procedure. Regretfully follow up studies > did not > indicate that this operation would be beneficial to a significant > number of > other PWPs. > > Questions? Feel free to write directly to me. > > Regards - > > Jim Finn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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