Dear Carole,
Thanks for the reply, and yes I do. I have been told by someone that has PD
also that I am under medicated. Hope my doctor comes home soon so I can go
see him. Janice ps yes I am the bunny wabbit from the old chat room
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From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:53 PM


> Hi Janice (?Bunny),
> IMO,it has EVERYTHING to do with the PD. (I'm finding most
> things are.) Muscles can't move without signals from the
> brain, and a brain depleted of dopamine can't give those
> signals. Thnk how hard your muscles are straining to do
> their work. No wonder they get fatigued. Unfortunately,
> Parkinson's is a chronic, PROGRESSIVE disease, so you will
> need more medication to do the same work as time goes by.
> You are not on a lot of meds. I'm not going to prescribe,
> but I would guess you need more...Don't you just wish
> sometimes some of these docs could walk a mile in a PWP's
> shoes?
> Carole Hercun
>
> --- Janice Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have been having trouble getting up from a squatted
> > position on the floor,
> > I need to get on hands and knees and hold onto some
> > furniture to get up. My
> > knees and leg muscles are hurting and cramping it is my
> > thigh muscles that
> > hurt. I called my nuro today and he is out on vacation
> > but another nuro said
> > it had nothing to do with my PD. I feel that they are
> > wrong. I was DX in
> > 1997, started to run and do yoga after that was able to
> > run 6 miles aday no
> > problem. Then it started getting harder to run and I
> > would be all shaky for
> > one and a half hours of yoga so stopped both. I have
> > tried to run but pay
> > for it later in the day. My feet drag on the floor for I
> > can not pick them
> > up to walk. So my question to you all is the sore knees
> > and leg muscles go
> > alone with this PD or not. I feel it does, I take .5 mg
> > of Requip three
> > times a day and two Sinemet 25/100 CR two times a day and
> > feel that I must
> > increases my meds.  nuro did want to increases it six
> > months ago but I said
> > no would work with it. I will be seeing him some time in
> > Sept or later.
> > Thanks Janice
> >
> >
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