At 06:55 PM 5/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>>> Fra: Audrey Mansfield <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Emne: New member/  Tips on working with PD
>>> Dato: 11. maj 1997 03:08
>>>
>>> I am new to the group.  I would like to say hello and to tell you how
>>> wonderful it is  to have found you.
>
>>> I still work full time which is 36+ hours a week in 4 days.   I work with
>>> large and small groups of students helping them learn accounting in a
>>> community college.  A co worker drives me to work and back each day.
>>> I am so tired at the end of the day that I am afraid to drive.
>>>
>>> Does anyone else in the group with PD work full time.  If so, do you have
>>> any tips that may enable me to continue to work for as long as possible.
>>> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>
>Hello Audrey,
>Welcome to the group.
>
>Yes, I still work full time, even though I was off on sick
>leave for 5 months last year.  I'm a reference librarian
>in a large, metropolitan city (Fort Lauderdale) in Florida.
>
>I'll tell you what works for me.
>
>First you have to find what really causes you stress,
>your job, home , travel or whatever.  Then you need to
>see about eliminating as much of the stress as possible.
>
>I hired a cleaning woman who comes in bi-weekly,
> and once a year I hire someone
>to come in and clean all my windows and clean the carpets.
>My Husband has been retired for 6 years, but he also suffers
>from diabetes, and besides , when he retired he said he
>didn't retire to become a house husband.  So by hiring these
>things done, it saves a lot of stress for both of us.
>
>Second, you have to learn to live with your fatigue~~~it's not going
>to go away, unfortunately.  Sometimes a 15 minute nap in the
>lounge chair, when you first come home from work,will enable
>you to get up refreshed.  I always drink a glass of fruit juice
>when I first get home.  It seems to dull the fatigue some.
>
>  We eat out at least 2 X's per week and sometimes
>more.  With the Senior Citizens discounts they have down here, it
>really doesn't break the budget , and it saves the evening for me to
>quilt.
>
>Three:
>Save some time and energy to do something you like to do.
>The best advice my Neurologist ever gave me was, when I
>wake up a 3 a.m. wide awake~~get up and do something
>constructive for yourself. Most of my quilts and quilted vests
>are finished at 4:30 in the mornings.  I'm lucky that I work
>10-6 so I don't have to get up really early, except we have
>two Doxies, who refuse to let me oversleep.
>
>Four:
>Learn to pace yourself.  You just can't do as much as you
>could before, so don't try to fool yourself into thinking that
>you can. Also learn to say "NO".  There are too many
>unnecessary things people seem to feel compelled to
>do.  Don't fall into that trap.
>
>Fifth:
>Accept the fact that some days are going to be what librarians
>refer to as "full moon" days.  Everything goes wrong, all the nuts
>come out, and you end up wondering why you ever got out of bed.
>Unfortunately, there are many "honorary full moon days, too".
>Generally however, they seem to happen all in one day, and then
>the next day will be almost normal.
>
>Sixth:
>Somedays it will seem as if your Sinemet isn't working at all.
>  On those days, try to postpone as many important decisions as possible.
>Try to take a few hours sick leave and go home early.
>You've earned it.
>
>Seventh:
>Probably the most important thing is to find yourself an email
>friend who also is a PWP.  You'd be amazed how much easier
>life is, when you can share your problems with someone who
>also has PD, and completely understands what you are telling
>them.
>
>As Ever,
>Marjorie Moorefield
>just another librarian,
>with PD
>64/9
>
 marjorie said it all right. pd for 25 yrs. 72yrs old was conn. owner. till
my cg retirred me. don I.Y.Q. [log in to unmask] lima ohio