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Ervin, I qualified because I had a F-DOPA PET scan from UCLA evaluation of which stated I/it was consistent with PD. Also, Sinemet did work beautifully on the first half-dose and I took it for a year. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ervin McCarthy" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Chaos Theory & tremor > rayilynle, > how did you qualify for DBS if sentiment didn't work on you? I was > evaluated by the DBS surgeon who says I qualify whereas my neurologist > said > I didn't qualify due to the sentiment not working for me. Thank you. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 12:25 PM > Subject: Chaos Theory & tremor > > >> This interested me because of my fascination with chaos theory. Nothing >> but >> DBS helped my tremors, no meds. Ray >> >> A chaotic test for Parkinson's >> 08 April 2006 >> From New Scientist Print Edition. Subscribe and get 4 free issues. >> >> >> CHAOS theory could help monitor the effectiveness of treatment for >> Parkinson's disease and aid in earlier diagnosis, according to physicists >> who have developed a method to monitor how much sufferers tremor. >> There is still no definitive test to identify Parkinson's disease in its >> onset. Now Renat Yulmetyev at Kazan State University in Russia and >> colleagues have adapted a statistical technique based on chaos theory, >> and >> used to study earthquake vibrations, to monitor the distinctive >> progression >> of symptoms such as tremors. >> Sixteen people in Canada who had Parkinson's disease held their index >> fingers in the path of a laser beam for measurements of tremor frequency >> in >> their fingers and the team analysed the results. In patients in the early >> stages of the disease, the tremor pattern is more chaotic, says >> Yulmetyev. >> As the disease takes hold, the tremors not only become more pronounced, >> but >> they become much more periodic and regular. Medication with the drug >> L-dopa >> causes the tremor patterns to become more chaotic again (Physica A, DOI: >> 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.077). >> From issue 2546 of New Scientist magazine, 08 April 2006, page 21 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >> mailto:[log in to unmask] >> In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/302 - Release Date: 4/5/2006 >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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