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From: "Rayilyn Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 11:45 PM
To: "Parkinson's Information Exchange Network" 
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Subject: Re: experimentation

> Sami
>
> I think you are referring to  the Barrow Neurological Institute Ali Center 
> but am not sure.  When I first moved here 5-1/2 years ago I had an appt 
> with Holly Shill of the Barrow which I had to cancel because my CG was in 
> CA and Shill wouldn't take me.  Surprise is not too far mile-wise but  due 
> to traffic takes about an hour to get to  Phoenix,,,,,,,,, awful in summer 
> heat.      I can't speak well enough to call.
>
> The best neuro I had to write diagnosis for SSD was Dee Silver in San 
> Diego CA.  He is great and deserves his good reputation.
>
> thanks for suggestion and would be interested to know name of institution 
> you are referring to
>
>
>
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> From: "Sami" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 12:57 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: experimentation
>
>> Hi Ray,
>>
>> Have you thought about seeing what kind of specialists are available at 
>> the
>> new PD clinic/hospital in Phoenix? I'm not sure how far Surprise is from
>> Phoenix but the trip might be worth it since it is a PD facility.  If not 
>> a
>> trip, at least a phone call might get you headed in the direction you 
>> want
>> to go and not in the direction the doctor thinks you ought to go.  I have
>> yet to figure out why a doctor thinks he/she knows more about how our own
>> bodies operate since they don't live in our skin.
>>
>> Sami
>>
>> -------Original Message-------
>>
>> From: Rayilyn Brown
>> Date: 6/17/2010 11:00:19 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: experimentation
>>
>> my neuro just charged $181 for office visit and $393.00 to read 
>> programming
>> device for my NTs.  its bad but I wouldn't mind so much if he actually
>> helped  me.  I doubt if he knows anything about herbal supplements or
>> alternative medicine as he has never suggested them.  at least he is 
>> savvy
>> re   DBS and its not  like I have a  big choice of neuros in Arizona.
>>
>> to me it is ALL an experiment, just like cancer treatment, and I had 
>> "good "
>> oncologists, but they made me keep taking  meds I was allergic to.
>>
>> I think I will try one mucuna without asking Dr. Pagano and then tell him
>> what happened.
>>
>> thanks for your input, folks!!
>>
>> Ray
>> Rayilyn Brown
>> Past Director AZNPF
>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation
>>
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