@hopeful33250

I had my DBS device done in 2010.

At this point of having parkinsons for 34 years and that it's progressing, after more than half of it with tremors, my body is exhausted. You have to remember that my tremors are ALL in my lower extremities. My legs absolutely ache and my lower back is always having severe spasms. When I had the DBS device at the Mayo Clinic, I was told that it would help with the severe dyskinesia but because the tremors were all in the lower extremities they just couldn't pin points the tremors because it so different than the signals coming from upper extremities and they still don't because this type is so rare they really don't see this.

As for the anxiety issues, my daughter has them NOT me. She is seeing a counselor every week to help her work with them. I just found her an online support group.

I just had a battery my 5th battery replacement I finally have a rechargeable unit so I will not have to have it replaced every 3 years which I'm excited about.