Trish... I'm thrilled to hear that your dad has had the injections, and can't wait to find out the results...tho I'm pretty darn confident he'll be speaking "normally" within a day or two, and VERY normally, i.e., without even thinking about the volume and wondering if anyone can hear 'em, in a coupla more days. FYI.... I've just been OK'd be Kaiser to have their ENT go ahead and do the collagen injections on me, instead of being forced to go to UCLA Med. Center for 'em as I had to do the first time.... BIG monetary savings for me!! Eager to hear that "holler of joy" from your dad... Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Trish Scarmuzzi Sent: Friday, September 05, 1997 9:13 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Collagen injections Barb M, et al: Dad had the injection done today. Haven't heard from him yet, and won't be able to get in touch with him until Saturday (they're flying to San Francisco from LA and then immediately leaving for my sister's home near Yosemite). I'll let you know how it goes--if you should here a distant holler of joy sometime before that, it's me (Dad's a pretty quiet guy anyway, so will probably celebrate in the same quiet manner!) and it's good news! LOL Trish