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Hi Don, and welcome to Parkinsn! > Hello out there: This is my first e-mail to this address. I have had > PD for minimum of 2 years (who is knowing when it really started?) So > far the only med. I've usesd is Maripex, 2 mgs. 3 tmes per day.. > was doing pretty well until one morning a few weeks ago I cooldn't get > out of bed due to my knee paining to use it. Since then I've had much > stiffness iin my legs all of the time... worse some days aloong with > poor balance...can barely get out of a car or a soft deep couch Don, are you seeing a neurologist who is a specialist in movement disorders? It sounds like you may be undermedicated, or perhaps would do better with a different medication. A movement disorders specialist is preferable to a general neurologist or a primary care practitioner, as he/she sees many more people with PD, and therefore is more knowledgeable about PD and its medications. > That's enough questions for today, except do you think exercises helps > your condition? later on--- Donwallace Absolutely exercise helps, in fact it's one of the most important ways to help control PD. For more information, you could try the National Parkinson Foundation downloadable booklet "Fitness Counts" at: http://www.parkinson.org/fitness.htm Best regards, Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" "Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook "Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease" & Risk Assessment Tools "Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's disease," J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999. http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn