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I HAD A PALLIDOTOMY PERFORMED 7 WK'S AGO. IT WAS NO PICNIC. YOU MUST BE STRONG PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. IT IS TRULY A TEST OF ENDURANCE. I AM 55 AND A PD PATIENT FOR 10 YRS. I HAD TO DO SOMETHING. WE ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT PERCEPTION OF OUR ILLNESS. I CONCLUDED I WAS GETTING WORSE DAILY. MY NEUROLOGIST WAS AGAINST THIS PROCEDURE 100%. POST OP I WAS GREAT THE FIRST 3 DAYS THEN AFTER THAT IT WAS ALL DOWN HILL. MULTIPLE TREMORS L AND R, CONSTANTLY IN AN OFF POSITION, MEDS DIDN'T WORK ,AND TO MAKE THINGS WORSE MY SURGEON TOOK A TRIP TO EUROPE. WHEN HE FINALLY SAW ME ONE WEEK LATER HE SAID I HAD SOME HEMORRHAGE AND SWELLING OF THE BRAIN. HE WAS UNABLE TO GIVE ME A PROGNOSIS. THAT WASN'T TO COMFORTING. IT HAS BEEN 7 WKS AND I HAVE CONCLUDED THE FOLLOWING; DYSK. HAS GONE 70% LESS DYSTONIA IN LEFT LEG WALK A LITTLE BETTER HAD TO INCR. MEDS TO 1.5 TO 2 SIN EVERY 2 HR. TREMOR CREATED ON THE OPP SIDE THAT WAS OP ON INCR. IN TREMOR WHEN I AM OFF OFF PERIODS DECREASE IN DAY INCREASE AT NIGHT I CAN DO A LITTLE DRIVING IN DAYTIME. I COULDN'T BEFORE THIS IS A ROUGH SUMMARY FROM A PD PATIENT. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH I ATTEMPT TO TYPE THIS I GO OFF. FROM [log in to unmask]