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At 06:09 AM 2000/03/31 -0500, Linda J Herman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Dear list members, >I'm forwarding Fred Kreb's latest message about Barb. She's still in >Kansas University Medical Center and has had a setback. ... >--------- Forwarded message ---------- >Wednesday Barbara acted like she was ready to go home. She fed herself. >Her voice was strong. She said she could walk to the bathroom. Maybe >the new regimen of sinemet, parlodel, and cotam ? kicked in... >Early this morning 3/30 the hospital called and said that Barbara had >nausea, she was unable to move much, and she could not eat. >Barbara was pretty much as she had been in the week since she left the >ICU on 3/22. She is weak, cannot move, has difficulty swallowing, and >complains of never being comfortable, and that her throat inside her mouth >is tight. She is concerned about her current meds. She is taking every >four hours four times a day 1.5 sinemet tabs 25/100, 5 mg Parlodel, >and the Comtan? which works similarlly to Tasmar. She also has >re-started taking 3 25mg of Elavil at bedtime. She takes Adavan for >anti-anxiety and muscle relaxer and she is takin perikan? for pain. Her >stomach is distended. She is not eating, and she seems to be >constipated.... it seems to me that something must have happened between wednesday and thursday to trigger such a change in response when did barb start on the comtan? was any other med changed in the past couple of days? is she being looked after by a parkinson's specialist? janet janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0