NBC's Today Show just showed actual DBS surgery on a patient with essential tremor. It was a fantastic segment, filmed in the OR at Sinai hospital in New York. I'm quite sure that many people were as impressed as I was. Dr. Nancy Sniederman stated that there is hope that DBS will be an important therapy for depression and OCD. Who knew! -------- Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn