hi all on 16 Apr 2002 07:37:30, tom wrote, in part: >Janet , your chart is a powerful multi-purpose tool. >I thank youfor sharing it witih us ... it's my pleasure, tom that's why i posted it. and that's why i am cross-posting this. sharing is my middle name. >I see the chart aas being helpful tool for my >Nuero. to asisst the timing of his input of color >into my daily routine, some caregivers could >better time their attentiion svhedules, or visitors >who enat to shake your hand rather than to reveive >your fullbodied shake. It might help us PWP revamp >our med schedule by modifying it for a special event. >Adapt it as it allows or prooves beneeficial. >Janet,, if you will permit me I would like to share >yur creation with my doctors. they might opt to >employ it for their other patience to track their >on-off routine... absolutely! that's why i posted it. [oops is there an echo in here?] >...and I thought you were going to dance for us... >silly me... hope springs eternal! >Tom >PS why do you melt thte CR in your mouth and is this >he only RX your on or the only applicable to the >CAN CAN chhart? i take controlled release sinemet [CR] and instant release sinemet [IR] and selegiline for pd and prozac for cd i discovered the melting trick by accident if i take sinemet CR normally, after a day or two i am guaranteed to have almost constant dyspepsia and almost almost constant dyskinesia not a pretty sight! if i melt the CR in my mouth slowly over 10 minutes say i get absolutely no dyspepsia and much smoother control of my ons and offs sometimes (depending on what i eat) if i melt a 1/4 tab of IR with 1/2 tab of CR i can count on a consistent and smooth 2 hours which i have been able to repeat up to 3 times in a row wow! who knew? i could have filled in a lot more detail about my meds and my diet on the charts which i probably will do for a week or so before my next neuro appointment in july janet s. paterson janet paterson: an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky pd: 55/41/37 cd: 55/44/43 tel: 613 256 8340 email: [log in to unmask] smail: 375 Country Street, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn