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In a message to the Parkinsn Listserv on Thu, 12 Dec 1996 21:34:58 -0500, George Lussier said in part... =20 >Sorry for the confusion I caused you and Margaret. Let me see if I can >clear it up.I"m pro-unilateral or staged Pallidotomies so my "not OK" = was directed at the >contemporaneous or bilateral Pallidotomy. My very = personal >thoughts are that bilaterals are more likely to produce complications = and I >want to stress that my saying that is a very personal opinion....=20 >... let me say it this way ... I've no doubt at all that the = improvements I have experienced via the >staged Pallidotomies far exceed the downside or as you put it the loss = of >my "intelligibility" [I assume that you are referring to my speech!] You have cleared up our misunderstanding, thank you, George. We had thought the term "bi-lateral" simply meant both sides regardless of when they were done; you appear to understand the term to mean simultaneous (or as you put it, contemporaneously). =20 (And yes, we were referring to your assessment of your speech - we have never heard it ... what else do you suppose we could have meant George ? ;-)=20 Take care, and thanks once again for your help, Regards, M. ----------- Mark Atyeo 5/51 Alexander Mackie Circuit Isaacs A.C.T. 2607 <[log in to unmask]> Telephone: 61 6 286 2606