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Angus, I am glad you wrote about your problem with swollen legs. I kept saying that it was my Parkinson''s that was causeing me to have swollen legs and feet. I am also on lasix and Potassium. I also had an ultra-sound to make sure there were no clots. Believe it or not I am on predisone and it has really helped with the swelling. ( am using that to help some inflamation I have and can not take any anti inflamatory drugs) Pam Shapley ----- Original Message ----- From: Schaaf Angus / Meadow Creek Ranch Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 8:58 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Swollen Legs Friends, =20 Apparently swollem lower legs and feet are something=20 that just goes along with PD ? =20 Beyond the use of support hose, I can't seem to find a=20 Dr. that is at all concerned. Gp says feet up and wear the=20 support hose. Neuros say this is not part of the neurological=20 aspect of PD. My Cardiologist ran ultra-sound to make sure=20 that there were no clots present and the prescribed "Lasix" and=20 potassium pills. All of this seemed to do little but aggrivate my=20 already frequent trips to the bathroom. My legs still swell up and my feet don't want to go back in=20 my shoes once I take them off. Socks or even sweat pants=20 leave a decided impression, and they still bother me. It would=20 be nice if I could keep them up, but this is just not practical. Anybody have similar problems? Have you found a way to =20 conquer the swelling? Or .... Oh well, just part of the=20 PARKIN Space I'm in ? Thanks for your input from the middle of no where, Rob ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn<br clear=all><hr>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at <a href="http://explorer.msn.com">http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn