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i like your upbeat tone and positive outlook, may you continue to be so, cheers haroon www.parkinsons.org.pk On 8/1/08, gwcmpbll <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > All depends. use meds as long as they give you a decent quality of life. > when you get tired of shaking, get dbs. I was given bilateral dbs in one 4 > hour operation with a two night stay,one before and one after surgery, in > the hospital in may of 2002. the operation was a snap, getting the units > set > took many trips, 4 hours each way. your only real concern is how good the > person is who programs your computer. the surgery team that implants should > do at least three halo surgeries a week. at least one of those should be > for > dbs implants. > if you get it done, don't look back. yes there are some big drawbacks. my > wife says I am sexually compulsive, I thought I always had been. I stay at > home, so to speak, but sex is a big deal now an I will say so. also my left > side is weaker when the units are on, a small price to avoid my terrible > shaking. seems to me that dbs works very best for shaking, only helps > with > other symptoms. > gwc > > to all: if my spelling, grammar, strong opinions , and very conservative > politics bother you, relax I don't come out of lurking very often. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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