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At 11:02 AM 2/13/2005, you wrote: >Could anyone enlighten me on the following, please:- > >1. Has anyone diagnosed with PD, NEVER taken any prescribed medication . . . >and if so, how rapid was their deterioration. Also, were the symptoms as bad, > or worse, than the increasingly severe side-effects produced by the >medication (whatever this may have been, as used by others?); Ny Pallidotomy was bilateral because the dyskinesia was now invading my left side so the decision was to do a bilateral >2. Re. Pallidotomy: Many PWPs who have undergone this operation, and gained >relief on the side affected, find soon after that PD symptoms begin to >manifest on the opposite side of their bodies (Michael J. Fox is a well-known >example.) My question is, if the operation is NOT carried out on PWPs who are >affected down one side alone, do the symptoms also spread to their "good" >side? > >Thanks for your time and any clarification of one or both questions. > >Best Wishes, > >Geoff Wade > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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