Re: Same old questions?!

[David Morerland <davelm@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:02 AM 2/13/2005, you wrote:
> Could anyone enlighten me on the following, please:-
>
> 1. Has anyone diagnosed with PD, NEVER taken any prescribed medication . . 
>  .
> and if so, how rapid was their deterioration. Also, were the symptoms as 
> bad,
>  or worse, than the increasingly severe side-effects produced by the
> medication  (whatever this may have been, as used by others?);


Ny Pallidotomy was bilateral because the   dyskinesia was now invading my
left side so the   decision was to do a  bilateral

> 2. Re. Pallidotomy: Many PWPs who have undergone this operation, and gained
> relief on the side affected, find soon after that PD symptoms begin to
> manifest  on the opposite side of their bodies (Michael J. Fox is a 
> well-known
> example.)  My question is, if the operation is NOT carried out on PWPs who 
> are
> affected  down one side alone, do the symptoms also spread to their "good"
> side?
>
> Thanks for your time and any clarification of one or both questions.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Geoff Wade
>
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