David,

I am going to miss my sparring partner for the next few months as I have
the past month or so when you have been lurking. Moving is no fun- even
across town as I did let alone half way around the world.  Have a safe
trip and stay healthy.  I will be eagerly awaiting your return.

Charlie

David J Havard wrote:
>
> Dear list friends,
> I will have to sign off from the list in the next day for some three to
> four months because we are leaving Indonesia and will eventually end up
> back in Norway. As far as the list goes this takes the numbers of
> members in Indonesia to zero while raising those in Norway to one.
>
> I have been out of late mainly because of preoccupation with leaving
> Indonesia. We have been here for three years on this our second
> occasion. We leave behind many friends and memories.
>
> Just one or two comments on some of the recent postings.
>
> Magnets and coloured light:
> Before being totally sceptical about some of these remedies, I
> understand that in Scandinavia high intensity light, including light of
> different colour, is sometimes used as a treatment for depression in the
> dark cold months of winter! (when are we going? In the middle of
> winter.)
>
> Voice dictation:
> This note is written with IBM voice type. It is a bit of a pain and I
> will be trying out Dragon dictate when we have returned to Norway. I
> would try it now but it requires too much memory and my note book
> computer does not have sufficient. I would say, however, that the IBM
> system is getting better and I found that tweaking the sound card
> settings and windows 95 can make a huge difference to the way the
> programme runs.
>
> Pergolide:
> I have given up the fight with Pergolide. I have never been comfortable
> with it throughout the year since starting it in January as a sole
> medication in my early Parkinson's. The PD has become slightly worse
> through the year, mainly in restricted use of my right-hand for typing,
> but also I am noticing more trembling particularly in the last month or
> so. I tried to increase my dosage to 750 micrograms three times a day.
> What I found was that every time I forgot to take one of the doses I
> suddenly felt a lot better in myself. So I have decided to cut right
> back and at the moment I am using 250 micrograms three times a day. My
> hand seems worse but I feel a lot better. Yugoslavv
>
> Here I sit surrounded by furniture and things ready to be packed, and
> look back over the last six months that I have been a member of this
> list. Not very active apart from one duel with Charlie Meyer et. al. The
> list is at the same time both frightening and comforting. Frightening in
> what it shows for the future but comforting in seeing all of you
> fighting and succeeding in still living a life. Particularly Don
> McKinley-an example to us all. I gained strength from people like
> Barbara Mallut who is still writing cogent letters allbeit with giggles
> after so many years of this disease.
>
> I will be back and suspect that as time goes on I will become more
> active in supporting this group. All the best for the coming months.
>
> Regards
>
> David

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CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D.
Middleton, WI
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