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Clare... Actually, as I see it, the various treatments I've had, I.e, the pallidotomy, the collagen injections into the vocal cords, and the plastic surgery to repair facial muscle damage caused by the PD (which was basically a face-lift with special attention paid to reconstructing the right side's muscle structure so the right side <which had a visible "droop," and left side would once look and act in concert and be visibly "normal." in appearance. These, along with the not-yet-done surgery to insert that tiny thingee into my vocal cords are all surgeries or procedures which have been around for a great many years. It's just that they either weren't used successfully for PWPs (for whatever reason) till the last five or eight years. I prolly just shot my "state of the art" image down, but I don't want to fly under false colors. I have a modicum of personal courage but not THAT much! <rueful grin> Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Clare Wilson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 4:05 AM Subject: Re: Bionic Barb >In a message dated 6/22/99 1:11:31 AM Mountain Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > ><< Barb Mallut (written in haste, 'cause I'm awfully tired now) > [log in to unmask] > >> >Barb, on top of everything else you have done, now you are >pioneering for the state of the art in eent surgery for PWPs. >I'm truly impressed, and proud of my cybersis. Congratulations, >Barb and best wishes. >Clare >