Hello, My name is Jenny Ganju, I'm a 50 years young lady in Torquay Australia. I've had PD for 8 years. I experience rigidity, stiffness, dyskinesia, on-off fluctuations, bradykinesia, etc. etc. I'm interested in hearing of PD sufferers experiences good, or bad, with the Pallidotomy operation. I am cosidering having the operation done in Melbourne but as it is in it's infancy here am having trouble talking to people about their experiences. I have been diagnosed by my neuro-surgeon as an ideal candidate becaue of my age,general good health and symptoms. Would appreciate some feed back. Thanks a million in anticipation. Regards Jenny. --------------------------------------------------- "A musician, if he is a messenger, is like a child who hasn't been handled too many times by man, hasn't had too many fingerprints across his brain. That's why music is so much heavier than anything you've ever felt" - Jimi Hendrix [log in to unmask]