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Dear Marling, There is a new and much improved surgical procedure replacing pallidotomy that eliminates the stereotactic headgear and adds imaging technology that improves the accuracy from approximately 1 millimeter to within 40 microns. This surgery uses a much smaller apparatus and is much shorter in duration. Two neurosurgeons and the hardware supplier for the old headgear are working on fine tuning the surgery and its tools. They have performed two successful surgeries since the beginning of the year. They are proving it through the older apparatus. If you or any other list members would like further information please contact me via personal e-mail or by phone @207-666-8345 (Maine Parkinson Society). Regards, Greg Leeman -----Original Message----- From: Marling McReynolds <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 2:33 AM Subject: been to the neuro >Hello again, >Well, after nearly 3 months without meds (except a few sinemet for >emergency conditions) I went to my neuro yesterday. He said I could be >called a med failure because I am too sensitive to side effects from the >meds. So, for the first time in 5 years, he talked to me about surgery. > >Scary, at least for me. I am still not ready for that step. >But, the fact that he talked to me about it, is scary for me. To know >that I cannot take the meds out there, and eventually the only answer >(unless the cure is found) will be surgery, gives me nightmares. > >Just a few thoughts. >Marling McReynolds >