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david it seems hardly worth saying and i guess you have done it but... i found that getting the dr's visit proforma from janets list and reorganising it so that all one's symptoms and idiosyncrasies are written down clearly and concisely is such a help i faxed it to the doctor a few days before hand and got my family to look at it and comment on my observations and suggestions you have such a complicated profile you may forget some of the important details which will help the doctor i found i didnt have much to say after i had spent the time getting the information and strange doings down on paper so i could listen to the doctor and assist with his questions as well as ask my own judy >From: davidmeigs <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Apt. with Dr Ballard (long) >Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:57:44 -0700 > >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] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com