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At 17:14 1999/07/21 -0700, you wrote: >Are any of the surgical procedures for Parkinson's currently covered = >under Medicare? Do any of these surgeries specifically improve slowness = >of movement? > >Ted Menser (51/45/43) hi ted and welcome! i don't know about medicare but i think i know that slowness of movement [bradykinesia] is a pd symptom [as opposed to dyskinesia which is a side effect of sensitivity to levodopa] i haven't heard of a surgical procedure for bradykinesia pallidotomy tends to be performed on those suffering uncontrolled dyskinesia the stim type implants tend to be performed on those suffering tremor [if i'm wrong about the above, you'll hear about it pretty quick!] what i'm getting to is that i believe that finely tuned med management is the solution to bradykinesia if you don't mind my saying so, and in my humble opinion, based on what carole has told us of your recent 'adventures', your med management hasn't been exactly 'finely tuned' lately unless one installs spark plugs in a maserati with a sledge hammer! [maybe car man ken knows something about this technique!] my goodness, you've had pd less time than me! [though i know the usual disclaimer - we are all different etc] and i sure as heck am nowhere near considering surgery but i haven't been on the med roller coaster that you've been on - my meds have not changed for 11 years have you had a chance to read 'joe's story'? it's on my website under pienet/words/nuggets i think it's important for all parkies to read but most especially one who has been through your experience your cyber-sis in bradykinesia janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>