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welcome, erik you havwe come to the right place, and you have the right questions. There are about 1800 of us here who could answer you, but i think ou would get 1800 different answers and they would all be right! PD is known as the Designer Disease - for each one of us has his own particular version. NOt everyone has the same range of symptoms - some display a distinct tremor, in some stiffness is the predominant feature, or balance problems,, or slowness of movement or any combinations of these features. Some of us respond better to one medication, some of us to others, and sometimes it depends on what our doctors prefer to work with. Sometimes the progress of the disease is fast, sometimes slow.. in my own case, i showed the first symptoms 27 years ago, at age 24, but wasnt finally diagnosed till i was pregnant with my wecond child, nine years later.I was prescribed sinemet then, and i am still taking it 18 yeaRs later. i have taken most fo the other meds at one time or another, My typing is terrible, but it was always bad, and when i am very dyskinetic ( quite a lot of the time lately) i have problems using the mouse because i constantly overshoot the mark. Then when i have dystonia ot bradykinesia (stiffness or slowness of movement ( most of the rest of the time) i have difficulties using the mouse. But i plod along because i always have something to say and a determination to say it. i stopped driving about 3 years ago, and i no longer work (officially) though i continue to teach the piano when i can find a pupil who is not scared off by my dyskinesia etc! And i am just at the present moment negotiating the sale of my three storey townhouse and purchasng a ground floor one storey condominium - but that is not because i cant manage the stairs - i t is because my three children are no longer at home, and it is too big and i cant afford the upkeep - and i am moving nearer public transport, and more convenient location for shopping etc. And, lets face it, bearing in mind that some time in the future, near or far, stairs will become an insurmountable problem, or i shall probably need a wheelchair or a walker - the new place has wide doorways and a bathroom big enuff to do a jig in your wheelchair! I think what i am trying to say is that the future is coming, the only problem is we cannot predict with what severity or how soon. One thing you can be certain of , however, is that you have found friends,. who will support you every step of the way hilary blue (51,33,24) Erik Wikene wrote: > > Hello everybody! > > This is my first email to the list. Hopefully i am doing everything > right. I received tons of mails last weekend, so i have to learn how to > reduce some of the noice. > > I have recently been diagnosed PD. I am on Eldepryl (selegiline), and > have lost of lots of questions: Today my right hand shakes. That all the > tremors you can see. For how long will this be the only problem i have? > For how long will i be able to hit the right letter on the keyboard, and > use the mouse? For how long will i be able to work? I live in a 2 floors > house. For how long will i be able to walk the stairs? For how long will > i be able to drive my car? > > I'm not afraid of all this, but i need to be prepaired!!!! > > I will ask all these questions to my doctor, but you are the best to > know!! > > Regards, > Erik