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Bless you Ray. Love you! Meg -----Original Message----- From: Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> To: PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wed, Aug 25, 2010 1:00 am Subject: I'll die another day Dear Friends and Relatives For the past 3 weeks I've endured the worst medical ordeal of my life, worse han ovarian cancer and arterio-venous fistulas. My stimulators started dying efore then, at end of June but my neurologist thought they were OK. Week of ugust 10 Teresa left for Bolivia and her daughter Patricia (just graduated hysician's assistant school) took me to see Dr. Pagano's replacement for acation. He didn't know beans about programming, so we got Medtronic rogrammers to come to Pagano's office the following Monday. They confirmed hat one stimulator was dead, the other one dying. We got appt with Dr. ootraluk the following Friday and surgery scheduled for Monday August 23rd. Advanced Parkinson symptoms were full blown; I could barely move and shook onstantly and my blood pressure has been out of control. The symptoms are lways with me, it is just a matter of degree. Now that I've got new timulators I am working my way back to my old "normal" which is why even mailing was impossible. A special thanks to Meg, Sami, Tess and everyone who offered help and ncouragement. As if I needed to be reminded -- Parkinson's is a horrid, diabolical disease. nd no, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Thanks again. Ray ayilyn Brown ast Director AZNPF rizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- o sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] n 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