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At 07:40 1999/10/19 -0500, you wrote: >My husband had a STNDBS done on September 23 at the Marshfield >Clinic. The surgery was considered successful and he returned >home the next day. Two weeks later he returned to have the >stimulator turned on. Since then, he has had balance and walking >problems, some of which seem major to us, since this wasn't the >problem before. We are in contact with the Doctor every few days >and will be seeing him soon. Has anyone else had problems like >this. It seems we have traded a very bad tremor for not being >able to walk across the living room. Grady was diagnosed with >arkinson's in 1991 and continued to work until 1996 when the >disease escalated and he was disabled. My name is Leah and I >have been watching with great interest theconversations on the >list. Hope someone can give us information that helps our situation. >Thanks for your help, Leah hi leah i am the last candidate for surgery of any kind [chicken-hearted!] but i can point you to the stories of the hole-in-the-head gang in the PIEnet/people section of my website [see below] and also to a DBS mailing list on the wwweb at: <http://www.onelist.com/community/Activa> janet who faints in terror at injections! janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>