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raj, what is ET? i am asking because my mother has an action tremor thanks paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:52 AM Subject: Re: New symptoms > Hi! Emily: > You do not say what kind of tremor this was. Was it action tremor or > resting tremor. For example, I have action tremor, which is conisdered a > sign of ET and not PD. However, I am also showing other symptoms of PD, > such as drooping shoulder, drooling, slow movement and calf muscle pain, and > postural instability. If it is action tremor, it is usually worse when you > try do some work with your fingers; the more forcefully you use your finger, > the worse the tremor would be, in my cae. But, this has nothing to do with > my smooth whole arm movement. > Raj > [log in to unmask] > ****************** > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emily and Julian Brinac" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:51 AM > Subject: New symptoms > > > > TO ALL: > > > > We had 1st follow up appointment with neurologist for Julian. They > increased the Permax from .75 mg a day to 1.50 mg over 1 1/2 weeks. The > tremors never got better with Permax but rather progressively worse. We were > grateful that anxiety, nausea and appetite greatly improved. > > At this follow up appointment, they asked Julian to perform certain > movements with his arm, fingers and feet. It became obvious that Julian got > jerky movements on his left side, which is the opposite side of his hand and > arm tremor. His right side effected by the tremor had smooth movements. > Movement specialist could not explain this occurrence. We wonder if anybody > had similar experience. Thank you for your reply. > > Emily > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn