Re: THANK YOU/Taasmar

[Cathy Morse <cmorse@xxxxxxx>]

Ronald,
I  have been using Tasmar for almost a year now and despite the warning and
precautions that need to be taken, I think it's done more for me than any
single medication and I find  it very very valuable.  Like  your brother,
most of the other pd meds have been only marginally successful.  I  took
enough Sinemet  ( under doctor's orders) to experience a toxic  reaction to
it and still did ot have relief from many of  my symptoms.  Enter Tasmar. It
gave the  Snippet the boast I needed.  I have been relatively stable since I
began taking the Tasmar,  BTW,  I also fight depression most of the time.

I haven't any experience with surgery, so I the only comment on that I can
make is personally I'm not ready to take that jump yet.  I was diagnosed
with pd a little over two years ago?  It's still all pretty new to me,

Assuming  you have  no liver problems, I would see how the Tasmar works
before you try surgery.

Good Luck,
Cathy  50/48/46

Ronald Erickson wrote:

> Hello
> Thank you Barbara Patterson and Janet Paterson for the welcome.  My name
>
> is Ron Erickson.  My brother has Parkinson D.  It began nine years ago.
> It is now quite severe. He has had two bad bouts of depression.    Most
> medications have only been marginally helpful.  He has approval now to
> use Tasmar.  If that is not efficacious he most likely will try a
> Pallidotomy.  I would appreciate any comments on both the Tasmar and the
>
> Pallidotomy.  Also if anyone has a list of the hospitals and surgeons
> that do the operation, that would be helpful.  I have a partial list. My
>
> brother lives in Cando N. Dak.. about a days journey from Minneapolis
> (my location).  He is considering the University of Minn Hospital for
> the surgery, if it comes to that.
> Thanks for any info you can give me
> Regards,  Ron Erickson