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Lorraine I had bilateral DBS at age 67 on June 26, 2003 and redo on Sept 4 of one side. Sailed thru the surgeries, but all it helped was my tremors and my voice is worse, very difficult to talk now and have double vision as result of surgeries. However slowing those tremors was no small thing -I don't think I could have lived shaking bilaterally like I was. Sinemet only helped me with walking on first dose, alto I took it for a year in 2000 - I tried Stalevo and sinemet several times after the surgeries and wasn't helped. Stalevo made me nauseated and reminded me that I could feel worse than I do I don't take any PD meds but will probably try rasagiline. F-Dopa PET scan convinced drs at Scripps, La Jolla I had PD. think they like to do DBS before age 70, but the results are varied from getting your life back to just tremor cessation. and side effects, So you just won't know til you try and it depends on the person. I actually hoped I would die during surgeries, it was only way I could do it, but made it to struggle on. Good luck to you no matter what you decide. Ray ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn