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Fox did not have DBS. He looked into it, but decided on an ablative surgery instead. He is publicly saying his improvements are due to the addition of Requip. For some reason, he was not prescribed a dopamine agonist during the many years of his hidden diagnosis. For what its worth... -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Inge Clody Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 3:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Michael J. Fox Claudia: I heard from a fellow Parkie that Michael J. Fox had DBS. That same person told me (in his words) "it didn't take". I will have to ask him where he got his info. Inge On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:18:51 -0800 "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I'm just tagging onto this particular e-mail because it mentioned > Michael J. > Fox.. > > I have been meaning to query the group about this for some time. > > Fox is making guest appearances on some sitcoms and I think I heard > that he > is planning to have his own soon. > > I saw him on TV recently and he looked fabulous! You can still see > the PD > if you are looking, but he seems so much improved! Does anyone know > what he > did? Prior to this last appearance I saw him on Jay Leno and he > looked > awful and even described himself as a "twitch-a-thon". > > During the recent TV interview he was asked to what he attributed > his very > noticeable improvement. He hesitated for a second and then glibly > replied, > "To my wife and children's love." Your wife and children's love can > be a > huge help, but I'm guessing that isn't the only thing that brought > it about. > > I am thrilled for him, but wish he would share with the rest of us > what he > has been doing/taking/being injected with, whatever, that has helped > him so > much. > > Anyone have any thoughts on the subject? > > Warmest regards to all, > > Claudia > > > "I used to think I had ambition...but now I'm not so sure. It may > have been > only discontent. They're easily confused." > > > Rachael Field > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carole Hercun > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 12:12 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FYI/PD World Congress > > Hi Guys, > For those of you who are interested, there's a pretty interesting > conference > being held in Washington, D.C. this week. I had hoped to attend, but > was > unable to. Apologies for not posting this sooner. It's the first > World > Congress > re: PD and this is their website. > gress.org/ > From there you can get into the news section, and read some of the > findings > being presented, read Michael J's opening remarks, etc. > I have also been informed that there will be a later website > showcasing the > artistic contributions of PWP's, their stories, artword, poetry, > etc. from > the Creativity and PD segment of the conference. > I'm hoping to catch the next one, which will be held in '09 in > Paris, no > less. > Carole Hercun > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn