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Thank God (if there is one). I wish I could've helped, but there's not much can be done from this distance - though I do a good nag. Amanda Quoting Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- 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