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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern California
Posts: 102
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern California
Posts: 102
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My understanding, from my neurosurgeon and neurologist, is that DBS CAN be removed. That is why it is a better option than thalamotomy or palidotomy as those procedures actually destroy brain tissue and are, therefore, not reversible.
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Kimberly M. Fowler
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
-- Voltaire
dx'ed w/Young Onset Parkinson's Disease May 2006 at age 43. Symptomatic since 1997 or earlier. DBS June 22, 2010
dx'ed w/TN on right side 2007. GK x4, last GK 02/2013
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