22 February 2002
60 Minutes Reports on the Success Surgery Can Have on Advanced Parkinson's Sufferers
2/24/02 on CBS
Del Maxson's life became almost unbearable when his medication began to
cause side effects as bad as the Parkinson's disease he took it for.
Uncontrollable body movements made him housebound and, in his own words,
stuck in "a body that doesn't work." But now Maxson plays pool, buttons his
shirt--even shaves himself--thanks to a surgical treatment just approved by
the Federal Drug Administration for advanced Parkinson's sufferers. 60
MINUTES cameras follow Maxson's journey from frustration to jubilation,
including his brain surgery, in a Morley Safer report to be broadcast,
Sunday, Feb 24 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
