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Marion, You wrote: >I had a pallidotomy at USC in July of last year. Immediately after and f= or the >next 5 days, I was dancing- I felt light and agile, the best I've felt i= n 10 >years. Then I began to notice my tremors coming back on my right side (= I had >a left pallidotomy) and >my agility gradually decreased. However, the rigidity on my right side >continues to be about 20% of what it was pre-op with virtually no >cogwheeling. But for those five glorious days, it seemed as though all t= he >neural pathways that govern movement, that pattern behavior, that allow >automatic action and response, were up and functioning. I guess it's >reassuring to know that the old circuits are still there...if I could just >get some "juice" in them. The reason you had a good result for the first five days was do to the swelling of the brain at the lesion site. But when the swelling went dow= n you lost these benefits because the surgeon had not hit the critical targ= et within 1-2 mm of the optic nerve-internal capsule. So you like so many others are forced to live with a less than optimal result. That is the whole point of my seeking to bring to light this who= le issue about ALL PALLIDOTOMIES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL. That is the bad new= s. The good news is that a skilled pallidotomy neurosurgeon can redo your pallidotomy with good results. Don Berns D. Min. 110 Delano Dr. Pittsburgh, PA 15236 412-650-6812 <[log in to unmask]> check out pallidotomy website at www.pallidotomy.com