Thank God for the NHS. They tend to keep you waiting, you can't always choose who you see and the hospitals have all got MRSA, but at least I can afford the treatment - I couldn't pay American prices for long. (Though the pills tend to become less effective after about 6 weeks.) Amanda Quoting Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn