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Is there any place where tapes of the symposium are avialable for those of us whjo could not see it? David Moreland >Sorry, I forgot the "ca" on the address the first time around--Camilla > >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Here in Oxford,Ohio we had about 12 persons viewing the symposium--2 or >3 who had never been to our support group. We also had a nurse from the >PD program at U. of Cincinnati (where they are soon to begin doing "Emory >style" pallidotomies--i.e. with "mapping".)She was greatly helpful, and >answered questions in less technical terms, more understandable to lay-folks. >Two things she mentioned-- the importasnce of writing to HCFA about the >possible decision not to have Medicare cover pallidotomy, and the fact that >insurers seem more willingto cover the ones that use the "mapping" technique. >(What experience have others had with this ?) >>From our group the evaluation would be that the docs should remember they are >no longer in their conference, talking to each other, and should try harder to >speak in simpler terms for a mostly non-techie audience. It certainly was >worth while, nonetheless, and Peter and I found several points to discuss with >his neuro on the visit next week. >Camilla Flintermann,CG for Peter,76/6+,Oxford,OH ><[log in to unmask]> > > David L. Moreland