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Some questions arise when I hear that a patient is too old or too far gone to take a chance with pallidotomy. It seems to me if a patient has tried all the meds and none are working and the patient is miserable, and knows about possible problems with pallidotomy and wants one, she should have one. It might just work - not to make her perfect (pallidotomy doesn't do that) but to make life a little easier for her. Makes one wonder!!! Cancer patients can have other serious problems but if there is a chance that an operation will help......it is done. BTW I had a successful unilateral pallidotomy done by Dr. Lauri Laitinen in Stockholm in May l993, and will be getting the other side done this fall. That should balance things up a bit for awhile. Dr. Laitinen doesn't do the long brain mapping procedure (up to eight hours in some institutions). I was back in my room with breakfast waiting in 55 minutes and that suits my claustrophobic nature just fine. Barb Mallut: How are you doing on that big dose of Motrin for your rib pain? Are you ok otherwise? Are you satisfied with your unilateral pallidotomy and do you plan to get the other side done? Simon Coles: Did you ask your father for the particulars re the PD village being built near Manchester UK? Dr. Cheryl Waters: Would you consider writing a message here in regards patients with Parkinsons and Restless Legs Syndrome? I know you are having success in treating this combination. The neurologists writing articles for the RLS Foundation, Inc., "NightWalkers" newsletter, have figured out treatment for RLS but not including PD. Opiates figure in their treatments for RLS but recently we have been hearing bad things about opiates used by patients with PD. Comment please. Regards, Barbara Yacos, RN <[log in to unmask]>