Keep us posted Murray. My husband who is 6'5" is bent over a lot now. His back is actually twisted quite a bit. He's more my height of 5'2" most of the time. Goes to a chiropractor to relieve some back ache that they said is arthritis. But now, after reading of your spinal problems, feel he has the same thing. It will be good to hear how your surgery goes. Dot cgBill 74/70/68 In a message dated 6/13/2009 2:03:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: 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. --------- 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377049x1201454365/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&bcd= JunestepsfooterNO62) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn