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Thanks Emily. I am going home this weekend and will hopefully get more details. I have been rather caught up in my own life, but hopefully I can be of help to her. I know she is seeing s doctor, but I am not sure if it is a specialist.I will find out. She is in the Birmingham area which is the best place for her to be if she is in Alabama, due to the UAB hospital and the large number of available doctors. Thanks for your reply, it helps. Niki >From: Emily and Julian Brinac <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: New Person >Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:54:17 -0400 > >Niki, >It is good to hear from you. I am somebody's grandmother and we love our >grandchildren. How wonderful that you are doing this research on behalf >on your grandmother! Your grandmother sounds a very wise and sharp >person. The more medication is not necessary the better. You will hear, >I anticipate, from a number of members what would be the right approach >to medication and the foods to prolong your grandmother's life span and >help with the PD. I hope that she would see a Parkinson movement >specialist (neurologist that specializes in PD), if she has not seen >one. Many say that Parkinson is a designer disease and almost every >person has certain things different, therefore different approach to >medication. Keep in mind that what works for one may not work for >another person. This is just a general answer to your inquiry. Take >care. >Emily >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Niki Parrott" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:54 PM >Subject: New Person > > > > Hi. My name is Niki Parrott. I am a Graduate Student at Auburn >University in > > Alabama. I have just recently started trying to find out information >on > > Parkinson's. My grandmother was diagnosed with Parkinson's a few years >ago. > > She has done fairly well. We had problems with trying to get her to >take any > > medicine for a while. She is one of the old fashioned kinds that >refuses to > > even take Tylenol, so medication was not an option at that time. In >the last > > year and a half, we have convinced her that it would benefit her and >she has > > begun taking some medication (sorry I am not sure which ones).My >reason for > > wanting to research into Parkinson's is that she still wants to try to >find > > some more natural ways to help control it (in addition to medication. >She is > > interested in finding out if there are certain foods, vitamins, >supplements, > > etc. that would be beneficial/non- beneficial. Does anyone have any > > suggestions? As I said, this a new area to me and I am slowly >learning, so > > any advice would be wonderful. Thank you. > > Niki Parrott, Alabama > > > > > > > > > > > > Niki Parrott > > Animal Breeding and Genetics-Beef Cattle > > Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 Niki Parrott Animal Breeding and Genetics-Beef Cattle Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences 317 Upchurch Hall Auburn University, AL 36849 _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn