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Dear List members Ivan wrote: > I am finally recovering from DISASTER at Dr. Colette's office, the >Medicaid-paid oral surgeon, whom I had never met before he butchered me >on Wednesday. I was very sorry to hear of Ivan's experience. It reminded me to tell the List that our West Australian Parkinson's Association has just recently appointed a dentist to our list of honorary advisors to whom we go for advice, help and encouragment, etc. With Ivan's permission I will pass on his story to our advisor. On another aspect of dental surgery, a PWP friend recently told me that he was having surgery to remove two wisdom teeth. He had not enquired if he was having a general anaesthetic, neither had he pre-warned the dentist that he was on Deprenyl and of the warning about not mixing opiates (Pethidine/Demerol) with Deprenyl. I was able to thrust the "Drugs to Be Used With Caution with People with Parkinson's Disease" into his hand and he went off to phone the dentist. Am I right in thinking that any general anaesthetic - even so called "light" anaesthetics can pose hazards for PWP especially if the anaesthetist does not know what drugs a PWP is on. Can someone please tell me how should a PWP prepare for a general anaesthesia? I would be intereted to hear any other "dental" stories horror or otherwise, so I can pass them on to our new advisor. Thanks Joy Graham