Good to have you back, Ida--even if the report was not all "rosy". I hope for further improvement--and further word from you! >>>> Dear listmembers, I have been silent for about 4 months following a very positive result of a pallidotomy. The reason was that the results of that pallidotomy turned out to be much less positive than they seemed to be just after the surgery. <<<<SNIPPED Camilla [log in to unmask] Oxford,Ohio *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* *"In all beginnings, endings lie enfolded,* * implicit and invisible as roots."...CHF * *--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*