--------------144E03C7539167043B97BDE6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Welcome John , Let us know if yours left side tremors get stabilized or else . They were not present before your surgery but not noticeable? Regards, Joao. John Humphries wrote: > I have only recently purchased a computer and joined your network ( > this is my first sorty into the magic of email) so I thought i would > start of by introducing myself -- I am 64 years old and live in St > Andrews, Scotland.I was diagnosed PD five years ago when all i had was > a slight treor in my right hand, since then it has developed into the > usual symptoms -- severe tremor, bad constipation, stiff joints, hard > to swollow and recently, leg spasms and painful leg muscles that has > restricted my walking to a slow shuffle for twenty minutes before > needing a rest. In February 1997 I underwent surgery for deep brain > stimulation (Thalamic stimulation) this has been a great success, my > right hand tremor has disapeared completly, unfortunatly since then PD > has started in my left side.(you win some, you lose some!!) Anyway a > enough about myself, if anyone wants more info. drop me a line > [log in to unmask] -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ --------------144E03C7539167043B97BDE6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> Welcome John , <P>Let us know if yours left side tremors get stabilized or else . They were not present before your surgery but not noticeable? <P>Regards, <P>Joao. <P>John Humphries wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>I have only recently purchased a computer and joined your network ( this is my first sorty into the magic of email) so I thought i would start of by introducing myself -- I am 64 years old and live in St Andrews, Scotland.I was diagnosed PD five years ago when all i had was a slight treor in my right hand, since then it has developed into the usual symptoms -- severe tremor, bad constipation, stiff joints, hard to swollow and recently, leg spasms and painful leg muscles that has restricted my walking to a slow shuffle for twenty minutes before needing a rest. In February 1997 I underwent surgery for deep brain stimulation (Thalamic stimulation) this has been a great success, my right hand tremor has disapeared completly, unfortunatly since then PD has started in my left side.(you win some, you lose some!!) Anyway a enough about myself, if anyone wants more info. drop me a line John</FONT></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE=-1>[log in to unmask]</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>-- <BR> +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + <BR> | [log in to unmask] | <BR> +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --------------144E03C7539167043B97BDE6--