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Rayilyn Brown Board Member AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "NeuroGeneration" <[log in to unmask]> To: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>; "Wesley J. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>; "parkinsn" <[log in to unmask]> Cc: <[log in to unmask]>; "Don C. Reed" <[log in to unmask]>; "Yvonne Perry" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:59 AM Subject: Re: Brain surgery > Dear Rayilyn, > I did receive your previous email earlier this week > but did not have time to reply to it. I will send you > a separate response today. > > Sincerely > M.Levesque,MD > > --- rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Mr. Smith >> >> Do you have any understanding of what is involved >> in brain surgery as a "treatment" for disease? >> Especially the kind you must be awake for? My 2 >> DBSs cost $100,000 or thereabouts. Even if a person >> could get his life back due to these surgeries do >> you want to pay for millions of them? >> >> Did I ask you before - why hasn't Turner had the >> 2nd treatment he wants? What happened to Levesque's >> Phase II? He never responded to my questions. >> Maybe you have the "pull" to find out. >> >> DBS has helped control my tremors, but I''m still in >> a wheelchair and strangle when I try to speak. My >> hands are like paws. >> >> It is easy for you to be "hopeful". I'm too old at >> 71 to expect help in my lifetime, but it is just >> unforgiveable to value cells over people and block >> research. What about young people and children >> disabled by injury or disease? What happened to >> their right to life, liberty, and the pursuuit of >> happiness? What do these rights mean to a cell? >> >> Rayilyn Brown >> Board Member AZNPF >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation >> [log in to unmask] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn