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Dear Friend: Thanks for this summary. I'm very interested in Pallidotomy results, and this is very direct and immediate reporting. It's very helpful. Thanks for the message. k. >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] > > ====================================================================== Mrs. Karin M. Beros, MSO [log in to unmask] International and Area Studies voice: (510) 642-8542 Office of the Dean, 260 Stephens Hall fax: (510) 642-9466 Mail Code 2300 ======================================================================