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Hi Ivan, I wish you good luck and HAPPY NEW YEAR. Sonia :-)) ---------- > Fra: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> > Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Emne: surgery update > Dato: 26. december 1997 15:29 > > ^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ > Ivan Suzman 48/10 [log in to unmask] > Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 32 deg. F glare ice, dangerous > driving > *********************************************************** > Dear friends, > > Sonia, Camilla, Debbie and others I may have missed-thank you for > your concerns and advice. > > I am watching the posts on surgery carefully. I saw my family doctor-he > agrees that the re-opened scar has created a problem, and I'm now set up > to see a local surgeon on Jan. 5th. > I need levodopa every 2 and 1/2 hrs. and sometimes, due to muscles > clenching at end-of-dose, plus sweating, plus very rapid shaking, may be > safer to go under general anaesthesia. > > One of the PD nurses from Boston University called me about my > appointment Jan. 7th, and > they've set me up for a 6-hour series of tests at Boston Medical Center. > > In January I hope to be involved with the WCSH-TV local NBC affiliate > 30 min call-in show. The host, Diane Atwood, had her assistant call me > for advice and wants me to consult. Hope to help a lot of pWP's and > their families and friends with the show. > > Hard to predict until the surgery is worked out--or maybe I should > live with it til spring since the cold weather makes it so difficult > here, even with the woodstoves. > > But PD related slowness of bowels makes pressure on the incision-a > typical PD complication of what might otherwise be simpler > decision-making. > > Thanks for your support. Please let me know what you think the > P>O>W>E>R post I put on the List. > > > Thanks again, > > Ivan Suzman 48/10