Peggy

Are candidates for DBS made aware of this before hand?

Do you know roughly what percentage fall into this category?

At 3 years since dx I am hoping that DBS is a long way off or that other options will appear before I reach that point. But like Teresa & yourself I just cannot believe that Sham surgery happens!!

When my Neurologistic told me that longer term I was "lucky" because I would probably be an ideal candidate for DBS I guess I just buried my head in the sand and thought this is never going to be an option I would remotely consider. But then i watched a video on "You Tube" recently of PWP before and after GDNF treatment and got a bit more real about the situation.
I guess to use a Dickens analogy it's "The ghost of Christmas future".

Chris