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-- [ From: Tina Murphy * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] -- Barbara, Thank you for sharing this info with me. I'm printing it out so I can show it to Dad! Tina -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- > Date: Saturday, 27-Apr-96 11:02 AM > > From: Barbara Mallut \ Internet: ([log in to unmask]) > To: Tina Murphy \ PRODIGY: (HGDL60A) > > Subject: Re: pallidotomy > > Tina... I had a monolateral (one side) pallidotomy performed on Oct. 24, > 1994. > I've got a life once again! This surgery gave me back my "personhood." > I'm no longer a disease with a person attached, but am a person who just > happens to live with Parkinson's. > > The surgery itself is absolutely painless and I was back on the job at > work the very next day! Post surgery, I did, and still do tire quickly, > and profoundly late every afternoon. A small price to pay for freedom of > movement... > > Immediately after the surgery, I ate a huge (And awful!) meal in the > hospital, took 1/2 the dose of Sinemet I'd previously needed, and from > that day up to and including now, still take less than 1/2 the Sinemet > that was needed pre-surgery. No on/offs now either! EVER!!!!! > > IF I find the other side of my body is becoming troublesome (and prior to > the surgery there WAS some Parkinsonian "things" starting up there. > However, even tho only one side was operated on, BOTH sides are symptom > free now) <and were within a few moments of the beginning of the > surgery!), i wouldn't hesitate to have that side operated on! > > Pallidotomy is NOT a cure for Parkinson's Disease. But it's the most > helpful way to live with the disease and regain your control over your > body that we have today. > > > P.S. I only wish that Dr. Iacono had inserted an online spell- checker in > the incision at the time hee dide thee surrgry. <giggling> > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask]