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age 48 diagnosed with pd at 39 employed pallidotomy in sweden january 1995 medication: sinemet 25/250 3 1/2 times daily condition prior to surgery: severe drug induced dyskinesia left side mild bradyskinsia right side sporatic dystonia left foot, arm and shoulder significant on off medication swings currant condition: dskinesia very mild left side bradyskinsia more apparent right side sporatic dystonia left foot and are (much less severe) sporatic resting tremor left side (neew) mild dyskinesia right side (new) the day after surgery I was euphoric. the fluid movement I had not experienced in years was back. I wallowed in a natural high for about a month. 45 days after surgery and to present, however, i noticed the current condition symptoms returning and i feel depression set in. my physical condition is much improved sincd surgery and i would do it again in a second. i do not have any reservations about having the left side done when the time comes. I'm not sure, however, that mentally I'm not worse off after feeling so good then slipping back. Gary D. Crowe Grandview, WA INTERNET <[log in to unmask]>