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Hi Larry, and hi Pat, For reference online.... See: Amyloid in the On-Line Medical Dictionary http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?amyloid See: Amyloid - The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders http://www.parthpub.com/amyl/home.html See Amyloid Treatment and Research Program Boston University School of Medicine http://medicine.bu.edu/amyloid/Amyloid1.htm Martha Skinner, MD, Director Rodney H. Falk, MD, Assoc. Director Coordinators: Julie Cosio (617) 638-4317 Arquimedes Areche (617) 638-4494 Email Us: [log in to unmask] (Subject=Website) Amyloid Treatment and Research Program Boston University School of Medicine 715 Albany St., EB33 Boston, MA 02118 Fax: 617-638-4493 - About the Program - Publications - Personnel - How to come for an evaluation - Information for Patients - How to Get to Boston Medical Center - Information for Doctors - Current Events / Amyloid Newsletter - Current Clinical Trials - Useful Links * * * See: Amyloid Research Group Indiana University School of Medicine http://www.iupui.edu/~amyloid/ Amyloid Research Group Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 975, West Walnut street IB 5th floor Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5251 USA Ms. Dian D. Martin , administrative assistant: Email: [log in to unmask] Telephone: (317) 278-3426 Fax: (317) 278-3429 * * * See: Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles http://www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/AmyloidPlaques.htm See: What is Amyloidosis? http://www.iupui.edu/~amyloid/primary.htm Join or leave the AMYLOID list (An E-Mail List similar to PARKINSN List) http://listserv.acor.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ACOR.EXE?SUBED1=amyloid&A=1 Archives of [log in to unmask] The amyloid Online Support Group Note:You must be subscribed to this list in order to view the archives http://listserv.acor.org/archives/amyloid.html There is an Amyloid Newsgroup http://www.bio.net/hypermail/AMYLOID/ Read the most recent amyloid/bionet.neuroscience.amyloid articles http://www.bio.net/hypermail/amyloid/current/ cheers ......... murray On 7 Sep 2002 at 23:00, Pat Higgo wrote: > Hey Larry, > My name is Pat Higgo and I'm a Registered Massage Therapist who does a lot > of lurking on PIENO. I pulled out my text books from college, I think you > may be refering to Amyloidosis. "There are 2 major forms of this disease in > which a waxy, starchlike glycoprotein (Amyloid) accumulates in tissues and > organs impairing their function." I'm quoting this from a medical > dictionary so if none of it makes sense, please let me know and i'll do my > best to explain it to you. "Primary Amyloidosis usually occurs with > multiple myeloma. Patient with Secondary Amyloidosis usually suffer from > another chronic infectious or inflammatory disease, such as tuberculosis, > osteomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn's disease. The cause of both > types of Amyloidosis is unknown. Almost all organs are affected, most often > the heart, lungs, tongue and intestines in Primary Amyloidosis and the > kidneys, liver and spleen in the secondary type. Elderly patients tend to > experience cardiac effects of the disease. Diagnosis is made through biopsy > of the suspected organ. There is no known cure for Amyloidosis, and > treatment in the secondary type is aimed at alleviating the underlying > chronic disease. Patients with renal Amyloidosis are frequently candidates > for kidney dialysis and transplantation." (Mosby's Medical, nursing & > Allied Health Dictionary; 1994) As to the state of your brother's tendons, > the best advice I can give you is to find a massage therapist who is > experienced working with mobility issues. I'm not going to tell you that > the doctor is wrong because I don't know that he is. There are things that > a massage therapist can do to soften the ligaments and to help maintain what > range of motion your brother still has. It's possible that your brother may > not walk again, I don't want to give you false hope. I'm thinking that it > would wise to give it a try anyways, even if only to know that every > possible angle was explored. I wish you the best of luck. If there is > anything I can help you with, please let me know. > Peace > Pat ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn