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Tony I have had Parkinsons' for 20 years. I had DBS surgery in two different days in January and February 2009. It has changed my life and I would do it again if needed. I had moved in with my sister as I couldn't take care of myself any longer and couldn't drive. After the surgery and the programing sessions, I could drive and moved out of the house and into my own apartment. I find I am having trouble writing and my fingers don't work as well as they did when I was younger, but that wouldn't stop me from telling someone that I would be in favor of DBS. However, not all people with PD are good candidates for DBS, Only a neurologist can tell. Also some people have not benefited by this surgery. It took me a long time to make my mind up but it ended up being the right decision. Pam Robillard On Sep 9, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Rose Jardim wrote: > Hi my name is Tony Duarte I have had PD for 21 years. We found > your support group via a few google searches and thought it would > be a great idea to chat to other people with PD. > > I am particularly interested in the Deep Brain stimulation > surgery. Has anyone done this procedure? If so what were the > results of the surgery and would you recommend it. > > Kind regards > Tony > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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