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To all who have had questions about whether pallidotomy or other procedure will prevent them from being eligible for STN-DBS or other curative procedures in the future, the answer from Kees' two neurosurgeons and several neurologists is: You WILL be eligible after pallidotomy. We absolutely would NOT have agreed to pallidotomy without that answer. It is certainly possible and even likely that when new procedures are being identified and perfected that they will not want to work with people who have had previous procedures initially, but we expect that after initial work is done, Kees will be eligible. The question for us was: Are we willing to take the chance for potential delays in more advanced procedures in the future in order for Kees to not be almost totally disabled now? Our answer after much research, discussion and prayer was "yes". I hope that this helps others when making their decisions. The best information from the surgeons is that pallidotomy will NOT prevent anyone from being able to have other procedures in the future. Our best to all, Faye Paap CG for Kees, 49/10