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Bob C. wrote: >David, I won't comment on all of the symptoms > which others have responded to, except to > say that they all seem to be frequently found in > many, not all, PWP. I can't understand why you > think PD is questionable unless it is 'denial' >(a river in Egypt) >and I don't know why you don't take meds, >when they very probably lessen the acuity of > most, if not all, of the symptoms you have a >problem with and which seem to be manifested >more so when stress is present. I've been to BOTH Niles "de & da". As to why I would doubt if I have PD, there are 2 reasons: 1st : I am still pretty new and am in "learning overload" about PD. My first few docs I talked to about my changing health looked at me like I had two heads. This made me kind of timid about bringing these things up. Then I had a very good doc for a short time, and he was relentless. I told him about my symptoms after a period of earning my trust. He said that he suspected PD. This time I thought the doc was crazy (denial). Since then I have had 3 verdicts that have indicated that it is "All in my head". My gp, and neuro, then finally a MDS. My gp's lack of feed back to me sent me to the web to find answers for myself (May or June). When the neuro found out that I had been studying about PD, he no longer treated me with respect. He sent me to the MDS, along with his "view of my cause for symptoms". The neuro is a QUACK, but the MDS is not. The MDS said that I do not have ALL the symptoms, and probably "imagined" the symptoms into reality. The more I think about that meeting with the MDS, the more I question HIS dx. He wanted me to see another MDS right away for another opinion. NO PROBLEM! 2nd : Shortly after the first of the year my symptoms went to a whole new level. Before that I almost never had tremors, except the inner type. I also walked upright until April. Now when I get stressed I get REALLY bad. My understanding of what I have read is that PD progresses gradually. I may have been advancing gradually for perhaps 14 years, but BAM, now its really in my face! I have an appointment with Dr. Giroux, of the Booth Gardner Parkinson's Center in 2 weeks. She held a symposium last night that I attended. I was very impressed. The other MDS I saw was obviously good at what he does, but left me with questions about things that did not make since. Dr. Giroux seems to be on a whole other level. She rang that "little bell" (no smart a.. jokes) inside me. I have been "traveling about seeking who the glass slipper fits" (PD or ?) David Meigs aka: Pappy [log in to unmask]