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Juanita, (and u all) I just got to meet you guys in person one of these days! My appointment is aug. 7th. in the early afternoon. I am looking forward to it. I plan to write down one or two (hundred) questions to ask. Sometimes its like I am loosing what's left of my mind. I hope I can manage to communicate with him better than I have with my neuro. My tremors are not too frequent, so I think most people have a hard time seeing that there is somthing wrong with me at all. I can be feeling like I was hit by a honey bucket falling from the sky, and look ok to others. I hope Dr. Ballard is one of those with a true gift to see, listen, understand, and explain. I have seen so many different docs over the last dozen years for symptoms that I think were precursors to what I am now going through. Most of them seemed to think that I was just a nut. I had a doc a few years back that suggested to me that I may have PD, I thought he was a nut! My insurance then was a company that lost it's contract with our employer, so I had to search for a new doc. I think he would have found nailed the dx down if he had more time. I remember having people come into my office for counseling that were very needy. People that often felt like human trash, unlovable in their own eyes. Life was viewed through glasses that continually reminded them of their own faults, failures, and fears. What they needed was just someone that REALLY cared about them. Someone that could walk them through to the other side, one baby step at a time. People with these kinds of needs take a long time. I wish for someone with the patience to see me to the other side. I hope Dr. Ballard and I connect. I hope that he is one of those with a special gift for what he does. I also hope he tells ME what HE THINKS, straight up, & no B. S. David Meigs aka: Pappy [log in to unmask]