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hi, don! please, take your time deciding on dbs. as we found out, the tremor might be the least of your problems and while ray's mind stayed sharp after dbs that is not a given. :( a good portion of dbs patients have a drastic cognitive decline and, unfortunately, my husband is one of them. also, check with your doctor about rytary. this has worked much better for my husband than sinemet. good luck! On 5/4/2018 11:26 AM, Don Kodner wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn