NHP man 2nd on LI to receive new tremor fix

BY BRANDON DUFFY

A New Hyde Park man is nine months away from living tremor free after sufering from essential tremors for more than three decades.

Murray Bocian, 76, is one of 10 million Americans who sufer from the movement disorder that afects both hands and arms when performing actions and standing still.

Bocian is also the second person in Long Island and North Shore University Hospital to receive a new treatment that eliminated the shaking in one half of his body, an experience he refected on Wednesday afternoon in Manhasset.

“For me, it’s nothing short of a miracle,” said Bocian. “I inherited these tremors from my mother. It started about 30 years ago, but for the last fve years it’s been increasingly difcult. I couldn’t eat or drink without spilling – I had to rely on a baby’s sippy cup because I couldn’t hold onto a glass.”

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