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Hi Ron, In my humble opinion, you should do two things. First, go back to the doctor and see what sort of medication he would like to start you on. You might end up feeling a whole lot better than you do now. Second, you should go see a lawyer ASAP in order to make sure that your family doesn't dump you into a nursing home when things get "inconvenient" for them. They should be supporting you, not trying to get rid of you. That's my 2 cents worth. Connie >Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:14:19 -0600 >From: Ron McKay <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: I Don't Know If I Should Be Here >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >About a year ago numerous family friends told me they were seeing me = >shake a lot, and suggested that I tell my Doctor. Up until then I = >believe I only shook when I got nervous, or stressed, and would try hard = >to cover it with more intense concentration. The doctor told me I had = >ratcheting in my joints, and with the tremors, he believed I had PD. I = >have since caught myself in the tremors, a few times, but have gone = >through a relatively normal year since his diagnosis. I have studied = >the symptoms, and can remember bouts of the symptoms over the past = >twenty years. This month, I have noticed that the strength in my right = >arm is going, and it often pains to lift it above my belt line. The = >pain shows up in my hand, arm, shoulder, and neck on the right side. I = >also have pain in my lower back, and can not bend over to pick anything = >up, and find it harder and harder to put my shoes and socks on, or cut = >my toe nails, or even use toilet paper. I am now 61, and my head still = >wants to declare it old age. The day after the doctor diagnosed the PD = >my wife asked me to sign a release that would allow her and the children = >to put me in a nursing home, if they found they did not want to deal = >with it. I have therefore told them I am doing fine, and do not talk to = >them about it. I have told the doctor that I do not want any = >medication, or other treatment, until I feel so debilitated that I would = >feel I would need them. My question is, "Are there others that have = >been diagnosed with PD, who doubt that they really have it, and are able = >to go for years, without it getting in the way of them doing their daily = >chores?" I work full time as an administrator, and few people around me = >know of the diagnosis. It is my goal to slip through the next five = >years to retirement, without the PD making any difference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn