thank you for this thought.  alan has been off his statin for 2 days  
now and already noticed less pain in his back.  he will start the  
lichithin and monitor his readings thru his fp.

On Feb 26, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Schaaf Angus / Meadow Creek Ranch wrote:

> Statins for high cholesterol have lots of side effects and an easier  
> and in
> my opinion better approach is diet. I have lots of friends who have  
> been on
> statins and soon realized just how much these drugs were messing  
> their lives
> up.
> A more natural approach is:
> Start with granular lecithin added to fruit juice daily about 1 to 2
> Tablespoons .  Granular lecithin will give you a boost of energy as  
> the
> choleserol in your system is converted to useful energy for the body  
> all the
> while destroying the build up in your arteries. In six months retake  
> your
> cholesterol level and be prepared to be shock at just how much it has
> dropped. Mine is always below 150 and I eat everything that I want  
> to eat.
> Its great he takes magnesium and Vitamin E but he really should  
> consider a
> High Dose B Complex for stressed out people. Parkinsons stresses the  
> body
> like nothing else I can imagine so one of these a day should help  
> besides
> getting rid of one more chemical that may possibly aggravating the  
> Parkinson
> drug actions for the Parkinsons. Sometimes mother nature has the  
> simplest of
> "cures" to help us fight hard for that  improved quality of life.     
> Rob
>
>
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>
>> i have joined this to learn all i can to help my husband, alan, who  
>> is
>> 63 and been diagnosed with pd for the last 15 years.  we live in
>> dallas and have been seeing a neuroligist at ut southwestern.  he has
>> not been to the doctor in over a year.  he feels he will just get  
>> more
>> medication or tweaking of his current meds.  this is our 5th doctor
>> over the past 15 years.
>>
>> alan's sleep is interrupted with hallucinations occastionally.  wish
>> those would go away.
>> i googled comtan and sinemet  which have these side affects.
>>
>> his current regime is all medications.  comtan, carbidopa-levadopa,
>> amantadine, plus he takes heart meds crestor, metropolol, plavix
>> he supplements with magnesium (constipation), vitamin e, aspirin.
>>
>> he recently has fallen twice and i think it may be from the crestor,
>> as he just started this 4 months ago, instead of lipitor.  i am  
>> trying
>> to encourage him to be more wholistic with a statin.  anyone with any
>> ideas, please pass on.
>>
>> he said the other day he wished he could go to the doctor and get a
>> cure.  wishful he knows.
>>
>> dbs does not interest him.  i am massaging him and he does stretches.
>> he is extrememly hunched over from back pain.  i wonder if that is
>> from the drugs he is taking???
>> any suggestions are appreciated.
>>
>> his voice is so soft, we are trying to find a portable microphone  
>> that
>> could be used in social settings.  any suggestions would be
>> appreciated.  he has tried Lee Silverman training.
>>
>> alan has a great attitude mostly.  he doesn't like to rock the boat,
>> but makes profound statements at the right time, that amaze me and
>> teach me how to handle things differently.
>>
>> i have heard alot about a neurologist,  dr. jankovich in houston, tx
>> that i would like to take him too, but it is 4 hours away and
>> expensive. (he is not a Medicare provider)  anyone seen this doctor?
>>
>> we have not been impressed with our past neurologists as time goes  
>> on,
>> because it is the same thing, more drugs, different combinations,  
>> more
>> drugs.  the drug companies are making a killing.
>>
>> we did attend a week long over night session this past summer here in
>> dallas ($2750), with a fellow from australia, noel batten, claiming
>> parkinson's is the biggest medical blunder, and positive results can
>> happen with a week long visit.  it was a highly anticipated week , we
>> learned alot about our own selves and strengthened our marriage.
>> chiropractic care, massage, mental soul searching of past traumas  
>> were
>> most of the routine.
>> did we see physical improvement, yes, some, after the chiropractic
>> treatments of this wonderful chiro doctor we found during this week.
>> results were not long lasting..
>> alan went one time a week for 6 months, which ended in dec 2008, as
>> driving was difficult for him to get there, and i have a job that  
>> kept
>> me from taking him.
>>
>> i am trying to help my husband live a quality life.  thank you for
>> your suggestions.
>>
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