Audrey, if it is at all possible ask him to call Alison Stewart, and
mention that I recommended he call her. She manages the Aged Care
Program, but additionally works with Dr. Iansek, one of the finest
neuros and Parkinson specialists there is.
Contact information for Alison:
Alison Stewart
MSc., DNFS, Grad Dip Diet
AFAIHM, MIHC, APD
Manager, Nutrition and Dietetics, Kingston Centre,
Warrigal Road, Cheltenham, Victoria, 3192
phone 61-3- 92651000 (business hours, Eastern Standard Time, Australia)
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My very best regards,
Kathrynne
Audrey wrote:
> Kathrynne thank you so much. My pwp is not doing at all well and I am
> very concerned. The neuro he sees comes to his town that is 200+ miles
> from Melbourne. He has been only on sinemet, permax and cogntin. He quit
> taking cogntin without his doctor telling him to because it didnt seem
> to work I learned. He is the medical field and should know better. Now
> his prescription has expired, and he knows he should be back on cogntin,
> but his neruo is away and he has no one else. The closest neuro is this
> 200 miles away. I appreciate the help you have given me today Kathrynne.
> I can not tell you how frightened I am now that I know all this and he
> is unable today to move either arm or hand except one finger.
>
> *Seattle* Audrey
> friend of pwp aussie John 49/42/38?
--
Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease"
"Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook
"Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease"
& Risk Assessment Tools
"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's disease,"
J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999.
http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/
