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Ray, So glad to hear your stimulators were successfully reprogrammed. The list is not the same when you're not there. Missed you! Kathleen On 25 August 2010 04:39, Kathryn Temple <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Ray, > > I am so glad you are back after this horrible ordeal. We were all worried. > You are very resilient in the face of this. > > Thinking of you, > Kathy T. > > > Rayilyn Brown 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn