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Thanks for your posts, Rayilyn and Angelica. Rayilyn, I have considered DBS surgery, but I have been doing pretty well with just sinemet pills, on a 3-hour schedule. Just a couple of weeks before my most recent check-up,the pills started to wear out faster and my off-periods lasted longer. My nurse practitioner put me on a Neupro patch (rotigotine), and I have noticed some improvement (my wife actually sees it better than I do). I may have this wrong, but I believe that the doctors here recommend waiting 5 years before trying DBS. I will reach that point this fall. I will look (with some trepidation) at cost and other patients' experiences. It's encouraging to hear that the surgery worked well for you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn