Vesta Buetow wrote:
>
> I am new to the network and would like to introduce myself.  I am a retired
> professor and am a caregiver for my husband who has had Parkinson's Disease
> for the past 8 years--at least that is the length of time since he was
> diagnosed.  It is a 24 hour job and I am glad to have someone (plural) to
> "converse" with.
>         Last year we went to Mayo in Rochester, Mn, to see if he would be a
> candidate for a Pallidotamy surgery and the answer was negative.  He does
> not have tremors or tic, but does have the "frozen feet".
>         I would like to "talk" to another caregiver.
>         Thanks for the help.
>
>         Vesta

Vesta,

I am also a retired  professor. I am 71 yrs old and was diagnosed with
"atypical parkinsonism" 3 yrs ago although I have had my problem for
about 7 yrs. I have no tremor, I do not respond to Sinemet and my first,
and still my major symptom is a gait and balance problem which is
progressing. I am taking no meds.

My main purpose in writing to you is to see if your husband's symtoms are
similar to mine. I have found noone so far on the net who has symptoms
like mine. My neurologist could not be more specific than atypical
parkinsonism but i think it is stiatonigral degeneration.

---Milo

Milo V. Anderson, Ph.D.
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