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Abu one important question. There is a difference between Parkinsons and "Parkinsons Plus". There is a difference. The latter is more harmful and my dad had it and died of it. Hang in there. Start your medicine course and hopefully things will be under control. Take Care Lavanya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abu Fawaz" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 6:49 PM Subject: Still more advise... > Hello there, > > I joined this community barely 1 week ago and I can't imagine being > somewhere else under the circumstances. > > My situation is that I am of the opinion that my PD is hereditary, it has > killed generations of my family members, my father and my junior sister > inclusive. My sister died just 4 days ago from symtoms that looks (now) > convincingly Parkinsonian. The pathetic thing is that it was never > diagonised in all these people. But with the knowledge of PD that I now > have, I am convinced these people died from PD complications. I also have > some uncles (aged 50-60) who at the moment suffers from mobility impairment, > shaking palsy, slight tremor, has to hold something to stand, struggles with > speech, etc, etc. > > The gist is that my Doctor (who is a physician and convinced I am exhibiting > symtoms of PD) has prescribed Sinemet (Levidopa/Carbidopa). As I write, we > have sent enquiries out for the drug since it is not common and may have to > wait 1 or 2 days before getting a feedback. I am equally convinced I should > start with a potent medicine since my movement is already being affected. I > was an active squash player until 1998 when I had to stop. Now it is such a > difficult thing moving around without being asked questions. > > I hope to get Sinemet and commence medication ASAP but since I am lucky to > have you all with varying experiences, I can do with some input from your > wealth of experience. > > I know my story is peculiar and may be tragic in some sense but I consider > myself even lucky that I have come this far in a country where AIDS is still > not believed to be real in some quarters! > > YOUR IDEAS ARE MOST WELCOME. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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