Wishing you all the very best, Murray. You are very courageous. Moneesha 2009/6/11 Murray Kastner <[log in to unmask]> > 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