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I am David Moreland and I live in Salem, Oregon, USA. I am 52 years of = age and was diagnosed with PD eight years ago. I am a utility and = industrial appraiser. I work for the Oregon Department of Revenue. My = pilgrimage with PD is probably not unlike many who are young = Parkinsonians. When I was first diagnosed, my neurologist was near = retirement and he knew little about PD. Consequently I, being ignorant = was soon taking way too much Sinemet. Within a very few years I became diskinetic. By the time last summer = rolled around I was taking !/2 X 25/100 enough times to total five. I = was also taking a total of 3mg permax and 10mg Eldepryl. My condition = was either very off or very diskinetic. I was put in contact with DR Kim = Burchiel at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) On August 21, 1995 = I had a bilateral Pallidotomy. Dr. Burchiel preformed the surgery. I = can't begin to explain the improvement that I have experienced. It was = just fantastic! Of course I still take about five 25/100s and 1.5mg = permax. Besides being a parkinsonian I am married to the wife of my youth (32 = years) We raised five children and now have five grandchildren. Well this has rambeled on long enough. [log in to unmask]