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Hi! If you please, I would like more information from someone who has had the surgery. Thanks, Sharon <[log in to unmask]> At 03:01 PM 7/13/97 -0400, you wrote: >Pat - You wrote: > >> Researchers are currently working on developing deep brain >>stimulation for symptoms other than tremor, and, barring that, fetal cell >>transplants are back in favor again. Pallidotomy is a remote last ditch >>effort for me, since its effects are irreversible. Still, if I reach that >>point, I might give that a try. > >If you want to know what the possibilities are for pallidal stimulation, >which is the non- permanent version of pallidotomy, you can contact Dr. >William Koller at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where they have >done, I believe, 15 stimulations now. His phone number is 913-588-6970. Or >if you want more information from someone who has had the surgery, feel free >to e-mail us at the address listed below. > >If you do decide you want to check into it, you might also ask Dr. Koller >where in the US they're doing subthalamic nucleus stimulations. He said >they're having good results from that surgery, but I can't remember where he >said it's being done. Florida, perhaps? > >Thought this might give you something hopeful to hang onto for the future. > Meanwhile, good luck in Washington. We'll all be thinking of you. > >Margie Swindler [log in to unmask] > >