Newly diagnosed with Parkinson

Posted by oronogo @oronogo, Jan 1, 2018

I’m newly diagnosed with Parkinson, and waiting to get accepted by Mayo Clinic for a second opinion. I am a current heart patient at Mayo’s so hoping they will accept me. Has anyone else been accepted by Mayo? I am having tremors in right hand, I was not told locally what stage it is. The doctor wanted to start medication, but I wanted a second opinion first. I’m 75 year old female. I have been having some deep tissue messages that I have found helpful. I had a brain and neck MRI done locally. Thanks for any help you might have.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Aug 13, 2018

@debbiemills Welcome to Mayo Connect and the discussion on Parkinson's. There have not been many people in our discussions about PD who speak of having DBS treatment.

Has your doctor offered you any reasons as to why the battery needs such frequent replacements?

Teresa

debbiemills | @debbiemills | Aug 30, 2018

What I was told was the battery life depends on how high the dbs is set. Also I was told that there is a new battery waiting on approval that will last much longer.