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OLD AGE LOLOLL I am 44 years old. Of course to some 44 is 'old' . <laughing> I have had tremors for many decades now. I was originally diagnosed with ET, then possible MS, and on and on. Diagnosis can sometimes can take many years.. nancy m. Brightline wrote: >This definitely sounds like Essential Tremor and not PD. If you put more >pressujre on your finger the tremor gets worse. if you take alcohol, >thetremor will sub side. These are teh symptoms of ET and not PD. I had >this problem since my teenage, but when I got older (at age 67) I started >developing symptoms PD except resting tremor. I am told that about 30% of >people wth ET develop symptoms of PD in their old age. > >Check with an MDS and get his confirmed. > > Wish you all the best. > > Raj > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Roberta Innarella" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 11:07 PM >Subject: To Raj > > >>Raj, I "shiver" on the affected side when I'm even just holding a piece of >>paper in that hand. Is that considered resting or action? I do not have >>small handwriting but handwriting on the unaffected side gets worse under >>stress, especially when holding the paper with the affected side. If I do >>not hold the paper with the "shivering" side, my handwriting is much >> >better. > >>This disease is very confusing. Roberta >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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