understandable how you feel about brain surgery, Amanda and it is no fun either being awake. I can't imagine how my wires stay stable, especially if I fall and hit my head or face as I did this year. -----Original Message----- From: A Phillips Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:50 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: BIG DBS SUCCESS It seems horribly risky to go poking wires into a working organ about which so much is unknown, even by "experts", especially when every brain is different. I'm a bit biased as my grandmother died on the operating table when the surgeon's scalpel slipped while removing a brain tumour. > Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:24:46 -0700 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: BIG DBS SUCCESS > To: [log in to unmask] > > On Dec 25, 2011, at 11:21 PM, Rayilyn Brown wrote: > > > Mine was not a success like this, but it did stop the tremors. I think > > people like to hear about the “successes” > > > > > > http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20111225/NEWS/111229929/1077&ParentProfile=1058 > > > > > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn