Chris,
I think I've read most of your previous postings and I certainly have
read those that followed and I must admit that I tire of people who are as
opinionated as you. I would argue that you have the right to say what you
would but enough is enough. You don't have all the answers.
When I had my 1st Pallidotomy back August '95 the List's wisdom was that
what ever decision I made was the correct one for me. The same was true when
I had my second in Sept '96. And I'm still going strong. If I had waited any
longer I would be dead,nuts or/and in a nursing home
I currently know two people scheduled for brain surgery; one for a DBS
and the other for a Pallidotomy. The DBS involves a 50 year old man with a
history of a failed Pallidotomy and a 20 year history of PD. I believe that
he has made the correct decision for him. The second involves a 48ish woman
who also has 20 years of PD. The reason she chose a Pallidotomy was in part
based on the fact that the average time on the operating room table was
about an hour and 20 minutes and another hour plus for the MRI etc whereas
the DBS
takes, what 16-18 hours? And a weeks hospitalization. This woman is terrifed
of the MRI, the plastic drapping and the surgery in general. So what does
she do? I think she has made the correct decision for her.
You haven't walked in my shoes so please be respectful.
george Lussier
At 10:18 AM 9/30/99 +0200, you wrote:
>> Ron,
>>
>> I can highly recommend neurosurgery for Parkinson's
>
>But NOT pallidotomy!!!!
>
>Chris
>
>
I may not know much, but I know chicken shit from chicken salad.
LYNDON B. Johnson (about a speech by Richard M. Nixon)
