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Morning. Meds - sinemet, ect. Move it or loose it philosophy ie. exercise- more than walking. water exercise is great if u live in a warm climate- better. Try senior centers and nursing homes are building fitness centers now for the employees, patients, and family of patients. Local HS. Do not over do the weights, u will pay for it that night or soon after. Pretend ur exercise time is a doc appt. It is just as important. Stretching - vital. fitness club perhaps?? If not now, when? Fluids- as in water Fear of the unknown?? everyone goes into the 'what if' mode. healthy and unhealthy. Yep.I would rather be healthy. What are some hobbies u like to do and some u have wanted to do, but never had time to do when u were working?? Hot air ballooning? hiking?, horse back riding? have a special harness, woodworking precut cordless lightweight dremel and assistance(not power tools necessarily), golf?( mini golf) they have wheelchair golfcartsthe seat swivels out and u stay seated and swing), swim?, veggie container garden with just a few plants (no weeds and transfer indoors for the winter), cooking class? (convert one of ur kitchen drawers to a cutting board with tension hinges on the face plate of the drawer) If u like any of those, talk to ur physician 'cause I don't know what ur strengths are. I did those activities when I was in my reclining wheelchair. How??people lifted me up carefully, naturally I signed a liability release form, and placed me in the balloon basket. I am in no way telling anyone to do such an act, BUT trying to illustrate live life. There are days that are awful, BUT many that are so nice. I do miss 'my kids' from work, but I know they are doing well. I still see some of 'my kids' when I am out. Life always bring change, just now I have more time to smell the roses and start tending to them more again. try this site for parkie info and parkie drug info, support, research, overall site http://www.parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/archive/sitemap/index.html Welcome. nancy Rayilyn Brown wrote: > > JACK, welcome to list. I'm sure you'll get help on your question. No meds > work for me, but others have more success. I'm 65, had PD for 5 yrs. > Exercise every day. Good luck to you. Rayilyn in Murrieta, CA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn