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Khadim - Interview 38
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Khadim describes what he felt at the prospect that he might not survive the operation.
Khadim’s Parkinsons disease was diagnosed in 2002. Although he was tried on many different treatments none of them helped. In January 2008 he was given Deep Brain Stimulation. This has been very successful.
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