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Good morning: I am an old member (about 3 years 1998-2001) who unsubscribed for a long trip and never subscribed again. I realized yesterday at a Parkinson's symposium in Oak Brook, IL that I had been out of touch for a long time and missed you all--except for the occasional (but too frequent) bickering. So I came back. I am now 66 and was diagnosed 9 years ago. I feel in pretty good shape on most days. I exercise 3 days a week for about an hour with a trainer--and have for 9 years-- I work hard in my garden and take occasional courses at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I try to learn Italian but find that even after 5 years of study, I still forget more than I remember and give PD the credit for that. And my husband and I travel a lot, primarily in Italy and France. We have 8 children in our family and 18 grandchildren, but they are scattered all over the country and I baby sit very little. I take sinemet 25/100, Permax, Amantadine, Eldepryl and Mirapex. I am very sensitive to the sinemet and therefore take it in tiny increments: 1/4 tab ten times per day. My dyskinesia is both peak dose and wearing off and I find it horribly frustrating not to be able to tell the difference. I also take Arimidex because I was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall and had a lumpectomy and radiation therapy. This is the point where I feel very foolish telling all this to perfect strangers, but I felt I came to know some of you when I participated last time and hope to "meet you" and learn from you again Nancy deGrazia ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn