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Thanks you all so much for your messages of good wishes. Your prayers carried me through my (left side) Pallidotomy last week in Toronto. The op was on Monday, we returned back to NJ on Friday. As I go through the healing process and begin to regain my composure, I will document the process in greater detail but for the moment my first observations are: Operation day Monday Day 2: Tuesday: overall conditions not to bad Day 3 and 4 Wednesday and Thursday: conditions bad could not walk had to use the wheelchair VERY DISCOURAGED Day 5 Friday conditions in the A>M> started off in frozen condition and had to wheelchair for Dr. Lozano evaluation visit. But immediately afterwards I was able to manage comfortably for the three hour bus trip from Toronto to Buffalo where we picked up rental car for drive back to NJ. I was in good walking condition so we made a 2 1/2 hours drive stopped for the night at 7:30 Day 6 Saturday For the first time in years I was comfortable in the car so we started our drive at 10AM stopped twice and arrived in NJ at 5:PM Day 7 Sunday Had a great day (no pains no freezing and good gait) with many friends visiting but broke down at about 9PM with bad pain and tremor on my left side. VERY DISCOURAGED However, a) NO CRAMPING in EITHER leg, feet or toes b) some early day and more severe late night pain in my LEFT leg (thigh and calf) c) some tremor along with (b) on left side d) some freezing on both sides during early morning and late night e) occassional slurred speech and misspoken words During the final evaluation consult with the surgeon, his explanation for the continued stiffness and freezing was due to "too little" Sinemet. So, we added one more 25/100 to the OJ mix. After 12 years of this, Im unable to fathom the daily inconsistencies of the same dosages of the same meds. Its almost like an Edie Gormy song: Did I take too much Did I take too few Did I eat too soon or eat too late or eat too much Was it wrong to hope for miracles Was it wrong to want no pain Should I let a man I hardly knew dig deeply in my brain In my heart it was the right thing to do So I'll wait to heal and dream of things I have to gain to be continued Joyce