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Ray, I am glad the terrible time is behind you. It is good to have you back. Moneesha On 25 August 2010 06:39, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Friends and Relatives > > For the past 3 weeks I've endured the worst medical ordeal of my life, > worse than ovarian cancer and arterio-venous fistulas. My stimulators > started dying before then, at end of June but my neurologist thought they > were OK. Week of August 10 Teresa left for Bolivia and her daughter > Patricia (just graduated physician's assistant school) took me to see Dr. > Pagano's replacement for vacation. He didn't know beans about programming, > so we got Medtronic programmers to come to Pagano's office the following > Monday. They confirmed that one stimulator was dead, the other one dying. > We got appt with Dr. Pootraluk the following Friday and surgery scheduled > for Monday August 23rd. > > Advanced Parkinson symptoms were full blown; I could barely move and shook > constantly and my blood pressure has been out of control. The symptoms are > always with me, it is just a matter of degree. Now that I've got new > stimulators I am working my way back to my old "normal" which is why even > emailing was impossible. > > A special thanks to Meg, Sami, Tess and everyone who offered help and > encouragement. > > As if I needed to be reminded -- Parkinson's is a horrid, diabolical > disease. And no, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. > > Thanks again. > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn