Originally Posted by soccertese

thanks for your perspective peony and especially bringing up the fact you can have major ups and downs after the surgery, i guess i've avoided dwelling on those experiences. i'm pretty much putting faith in my doctors judgement that i would be better off with DBS than i am now, and i seem to fit all the criteria, great response to L-DOPA, etc., etc. figure strike while the iron is hot and i qualify, might never happen again. could turn out to be a major mistake if republicans win and i end up having to pay sky high premiums because i have pd - not on medicare until 2019.