Parkinsonian and other forms of tremor do have relatively safe and effective treatments in medications or deep brain stimulation implantation. (My father has P

Parkinsonian and other forms of tremor do have relatively safe and effective treatments in medications or deep brain stimulation implantation. (My father has PD, my father-in-law had PD, I am a webmaster for a PD news/events/support groups website, and we are on the board for Struther's Parkinson's Center in Minneapolis. Which is to say, I live and breathe PD daily, in a very personal way, through relatives and close friends, as well as doctors who have dedicated their entire lives to PD. I see first-hand what PD medications and DBS surgeries do to people, over a period of many years.) Your post is mind-boggingly misinformed and heartless. The "relatively safe and effective" medications you mention are not safe or very effective at all. They carry serious side effects for most patients and get less and less effective as time goes on. Even in the honeymoon years when the meds are still relatively effective, people still suffer in-between dosages, which is to say several times a day. The fact that people prefer being on them than being without them is a testament to how bad PD is, not how "safe" these meds are. Likewise, the DBS surgery is quite risky - so much so that you have to be relatively young and healthy to get it, e.g. very few people over 75 are even eligible. Moreover, the improvements are typically in the 40%-80% range, far from the 100% you so happily imagine, so MOST patients who undergo DBS still have to take medication. The risk of stroke from the surgery is 2% and the risk of infection requiring another surgery is super high at 4%, to name just two. If that's not enough for you, the risk of DEATH from DBS surgery is around 0.5%. Moreover, it is NOT a one-time procedure. The batteries implanted in the chest run out, and then you get to have another surgery. DBS, while brain surgery, is the more elegant solution. Your tremor goes away, rather than requiring a superficial "hack" like this spoon. What a bad, cruel joke.