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Marion... The trouble is that we humans don't come with "new product" warranties when we're born, and neither do pallidotomies! However, at least with a pallidotomy (well, Dr. Iacono does this) there can be a "repair pallidotomy" (for lack of a better name) performed which CAN do the fine tuning that might have been missed in your original surgery. Of course, this WOULD mean yet another brain surgery, and instinctively I'd think most of us would try to get along with the results of the original before going to such extremes. Dr. Iacono has been doing this type of "clean-up work" on PD patients for the last few years with great success. The option IS there tho, so don't discount it - just tuck it away in the back of your mind. Your fellow "Hole in the Head Gang" member Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of MAJ1S Sent: Friday, May 01, 1998 11:08 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: ALL PALLIDOTOMIES ARE NOT EQUAL Dear Barb: I had a pallidotomy at USC in July of last year. Immediately after and for the next 5 days, I was dancing- I felt light and agile, the best I've felt in 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 the 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. Best regards, Marion