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Welcome.  I have been with the group about two weeks.  It is great =
therapy to read the messages.  Helps you to realize everyone is in the =
same boat--struggling.  Hope someone told you about the CARE line.  Be =
sure to join it, great info for your survival.  Although posting is =
intimidating for me I find doing messages has helped.  I don't feel like =
part of the click yet but I know if I need help everyone on the =
Parkinson Listserv will listen and help me the best they can.
Coming here was a very smart move.  My mother wants to know everything =
she can about PD but only if it is good news or a cure.  She does not =
know I am on the net with a PD group but I do share info with her that I =
think she will be receptive to and it will help her.
It is scarrier to have the disease than to care for the disease.  I am =
sure your husband will learn what he wants to know in his own time.  You =
continue learning and share the good info with him.  That may all he can =
handle at this time. =20

Glad you found this group--now smile--you did a good job.

Becky Hunt, CG of Mom, 73/2, Sedalia, Missouri, USA
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From:   Ann Moore[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, October 17, 1997 10:24 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject:        Parkinson Listserv

Hello Patients and Caregivers

Barbara Patterson invited me, a new subscriber, to introduce myself to
others.
I am 58, a librarian and my husband Tom, an artist, is 54.  He was
diagnosed as having Parkinsons in 93,
but a doctor here at MUSC thought he may have also had some minor =
strokes.
The scan was
inconclusive. Tom has always moved slowly, even losing some commercial =
art
jobs because
he wasn't fast enough.

His tremor is mostly in his right arm, with his leg involved =
occasionally.
He has been very depressed
since we moved to Charleston in April 1996, partly because he has not =
been
able to find a job.
He had one for two months, but was laid off because he didn't work fast
enough.  He has taught some
art courses, but gets very upset with grading portion.  His last class =
was
canceled and I think he will not
be asked to teach any more.   Even teaching one course is almost
overwhelming for him.
Yesterday he fell when he was taking the garbage out.

Today we found out my job is not being outsourced, so we are both =
feeling
better because our future is
a little more secure.   Tom was turned down for disability, but he is
trying again.

Tom doesn't really want to learn about parkinsons, but I do.  I have
problems coping with his depression, trying to
keep a balance between keeping him moving to trying to do too much.
Neither of us have much support locally
but need to do more there.

Glad to find you all.

Ann Moore    [log in to unmask]


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