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This letter is long overdue. I underwent DBS in the STN and June 23rd in Kansas City.. If to say a to markedly improvement is an understatement. I recently went from a three-month checkup and was told l was a poster child for Parkinson's disease. My symptoms I now have absolutely no tremor, and no rigidity. My only bothersome symptom now is slowness of movement. This surgery has absolutely saved my life . I live alone and was becoming increasingly difficult to manage. I want to caution people however to have realistic expectations. I did not have these. I truly expected to to be completely cured. I am an incureable optimist. I thought I would be off all medicine and this nightmare would be over. Unfortunately I'm afraid this has not happened and psychologically that has been difficult. The programming is critical. And for people undergoing this operation they will experience setbacks during the first months. This is entirely normal but very difficult to deal with. As for medicine, I am taking less. I was taking 25 /100 A permax 1 mg, and a Requip .1 every two hours. Now I take 25/250 CR and 2 Requip every four hours. I had my surgery than in Kansas City.. From what I understand, they are the only place Medicare that Medicare will pay. I had to pay about $6000 after all was said and done. I will be happy to the answer any questions please write directly to me. I will answer but I may be slow.