Tony Howells is the first recipient and says it has helped him to walk and play golf again.
Tony Howells said although it is not a cure, it is "delaying Parkinson's taking over your body" and giving hope
Tony Howells, the first person to receive the treatment as part of a trial, said the impact was "amazing".Mr Howells, who had the operation in 2019, said: "Before the operation I went for a walk on Boxing Day with my wife and I got 200 yards from the actual car."Then after the operation, which was 12 months later, I went on Boxing Day again and we went for 2.5 miles and we could've went further.
Most people develop symptoms when they are over 50 but about 5% of sufferers first experience symptoms when they are under 40. It takes just three hours to carry out the new operation, about half the time it used to with the larger battery.Mr Howells described the technology, which has changed how he can live his life, as "brilliant""Just doing your shoelaces up is a major operation... it affects your every day life no end."
Ten years ago they helped recruit 42 volunteers living with Parkinson's as part of a £3m trial into how infusing a drug into the brain, called GDNF, could radically change the lives of patients. Southmead Hospital neurologist Dr Alan Whone said: "There are about 140,000 people living with Parkinson's in the UK and about 14,000 who could benefit from this device if the trial continues to be successful."
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