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If your symptoms are well controlled by meds and you don't have tremor, =
you are probably not ready to take the plunge.  I doubt if I would have =
ever had it if my tremor had not gone bilateral.   I was 67 at the time =
and decided maybe I shouldn't wait until I was older to do it.  Your age =
my be a factor you'll want to consider.

It has been 7 years and one NT replacement in 1997 and I can barely =
speak.  My neuro tells me it is due to the DBS.  It was after I had it =
in 2003 that the voice problems began.  However, I'll never know if its =
not PD.

Whatever you do, good luck.

Ray
Rayilyn Brown
Past Director AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation

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