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I am sure there are a lot of speech therapists out there and I am one of them . I was diagnosed as having Parkinson's 8 years ago. I am sure I had it long before it was diagnosed. I retired 2 years ago; after working for 32 years. I found it very; motivating to my patients when I told them how I spent most of the day trying to reverse the symptoms as they developed. Luckily I am creative, love poetry and like to sing. I start moving around in bed for 5 minutes before I sit on the side of the bed. I begin taking deep breaths, sit up straight and roll my shoulders back. Ideally I take a warm shower for the stiffness .I then rub my back and shoulders by; pulling the towel back and forth.Next I wash and pat my face, put o;n face cream and practice smiling, frowning etc. until it is time for my medicine. Here is my downfall- remembering to take my pills. When all goes well I try to remember to stand straight, lo; ok people in the eye, project my voice, and breath through my n;ose with my mouth closed s;o I don't drool.I also have to be careful eating . I am very thankful I spent so much time working with other people because it no;w comes so; much easier t;o; me. By the way I surely could use a good typist. Feel free to; contact me [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn