Ricky,
Please have your brothers wife call me. I would be happy to share our
Pallidotomy story with her. My wife Nancy had two unilateral P's done
by Dr. Gildenberg here in Houston. I am familiar with Dr. Grossman who
is a member of the Jankovic team doing these surgeries as part of the
Baylor College of Medicine program. The surgery is done at Methodist
hospital. We are friends with folks who have had their P by Grossman
and are doing great. Betty our friend is scheduled to go back and have
the other side done soon. One thing to remember is that P is not a cure
but it sure does help alleviate many of the nasty symptoms. By the way
if tremor is your brothers worst symptom, he may be better suited for a
thalomotomy. Grossman will know doubt discuss that.
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713-358-5168 home call in the evening.
-------- REPLY, Original message follows --------
> Date: Tuesday, 28-May-96 02:15 AM
> From: Ricky Slaughter \ Internet: ([log in to unmask])
> To: Bob Martone \ PRODIGY: (VRGS59A)
> Subject: Affirmation needed..(repost)
> I joined on behalf of my brother who is not online and is
> a couple hundred miles away in Southeast Texas. In a discussion with
> him last weekend I learned that his PD is progressing more rapidly
> than in the past few years.
> He is currently being evaluated as a candidate for a unilateral pall-
> idotomy by Dr. Grossman (in Houston?). .Please, feel free to send
> replies directly to my personal email address:<[log in to unmask]>.
> Details: age 42,diag.4yrs.,first symptoms appeared after shoulder
> surgery @ age 36...tremor, right hand,now progrssed to extreme.
> in the last two years,mild tremor in left hand,halting gait, chronic
> fatigue etc. In the last month he has experienced some minor loss of
> facial expression.
> He has not had freezing, cramps or sleep loss.
Ricky Slaughter, [log in to unmask]
