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I did contact Dr. Lieberman.It is not clear cut answer. We thought to hear from "real victims" of the disease. Emily ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 11:26 AM Subject: Re: New symptoms > Hi! Emily: > Thanks or the clarificatin. I am also not clear as to what is going on. > I had my problems on the right side for quite some time. When I began to > develop synmptoms on mmy eft side, I had the feeling that my right side was > feeling a lot better than the new victim, my left side, for some reason, > while I am sure it may not be correct. > I think you should as Dr. Abe Lieberman and see if he can shed some > light on the problem. > Good luck! > 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 11:12 AM > Subject: Re: New symptoms > > > > "Brightline", > > My husband was diagnosed in 2001 with the classical PD. He does have a > > resting tremor on his right side in hand and arm which got progressively > > worse regardless of his Permax medication. Permax was able to control > > other symptoms. However, upon his follow up examination, the opposite > > side of resting tremor, his left side showed jerky movements. His right > > side that has tremors had smooth movements. I hope I clarified. We are > > worried and concerned. > > Emily > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:52 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 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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