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Dear Dennis, I`m so happy to hear about your DB surgery and that you are doing so well :-)) I havn`t been on the list from March until November - so I didn`t knew about your surgery. As you maybe remember this DBS also takes place át our Universityhospital in Aarhus (Denmark) and until now 21 pwp have got this surgery. Among those I have 3 very good friends and they all are doing so well :-) like you. My husband and I was in US and we met Ivan in person it was nice. Take care and hope to meet you on chat one day. Sonia the lioness ----- Original Message ----- From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 30. november 1999 00:52 Subject: Re: the list > Ida > > Thank you for your enquiry. I have had, on balance, a very good result. > All but the very worst of my dyskinesias (the head ones) have been > suppressed, and even with the head dyskinesias I have experienced a > reduction in both intensity and incidence. > > One unexpected bonus (given that my DBS was of the globus palidus and > targeted specifically at dyskinesia) is that my "On" time has increased > dramatically. Prior to surgery I was experiencing about 70% 'OFF' time to > 30% 'ON' time - now it is 80 % "ON" time and 20% "OFF" time. > > I have no way of knowing how long this good result will last - there may > well be need for further adjustments as things progress but, if I may > slightly misquote D. H Lawrence, for the moment I feel as if " I am in the > hands of the unknown God, (who has broken) me down to his own oblivion (and > sent) me forth on a new morning, a new man" > > Dennis