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Good luck with your surgery, Murray.  Please let us know how things go for 
you - I'm sure that other folks with Camptocormia will benefit from your 
posts.
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God bless
Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07)

> Looks like spinal surgery to remedy my camptocormia. Spinal surgeon  here 
> says that there have been successful surgical procedures in  Toronto but 
> that there are definite risks. It is rather a major  surgery and is 
> fraught with peril. But I may roll the dice as my  quality of life has 
> deteriorated dramatically.
>
> Camptocormia keeps me bent over while standing or walking. This has a 
> drastic side effect of crushing my lungs for which I am using three 
> puffers. And lungs are a perquisite of life. If you can't breathe  easily, 
> it impacts on other aspects of life.
>
> Anyway, I said I would put up posts every month or so in the hopes of 
> hearing from others with the same PD complication. Decision time for  me 
> will come probably this fall or winter.
>
> Murray
> Montreal, Canada
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