Greetings, gentle spirits.

I mentioned some time ago that I was taking part in a clinical trial looking at the safety and tolerability of deep brain stimulation in early PD. Well, I've just completed the 8-day baseline assessment at the General Clinical Research Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and I was randomized to the surgical group. I was perfectly prepared to be told I would be in the control group (thereby remaining on just medication), but I'm very excited to be offered the surgery, which will happen sometime in June or July.

I've been blogging the experience at http://blog.billywisdom.com -- and if you're interested in the study, visit http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00282152 for more info.