Cheryl, Love you for what you wrote; you took the words right out of my mouth. No offence but I am fighting it day and night with the objective of defeating it as I have no intention of going down. Some of the list members have more or less said to me, there's no cure and no one has been cured todate. And accept , "it will get worse believe me". These don't exactly fill you with a warm toasty feeling do they. I am part way through writing a brief bio/history for the benefit of the group but here are some bulletts for now: Diagnosed 6 April 1993 Took early retirement 31 August 1996 - effectively finished wotk January 1997 !997 Reduced mobility; stopped driving; stopped going out; needed help with dressing, eating and bathing Posture, monkey like August 1997 started taking 'Alexander Technique' lessons - to learn how to stand again and walk. November 1997 saw the UK''s #1 Professor of Neurology; who didn't listen to a word I said and recommended Sinemet. Was required to attend 'day hospital' for 5 consecutive days to enable them to fine tune the dosage. This plus his remark, " we're still not sure whether PD progress's at it's own rate or is made worse by the medication - Sinemet. I declined!! rest of 1997 and all of 1998 'horrendous'; marriage started to breakdown - I sadly began to realize I was going to have to make the 'journey' alone. September 1998, my Alexander Teacher (my Angel) told me about bromocriptine January 1999, @something' had to be done because I couldn't face another year like 1998; contacted GP who conferred with my Neuro and in February started taking Permax. March 1999 could once more dress, feed and bathe myself without any help - less than 1mg (total) of Permax per day July 2nd I drove my car to church; cried all the way there, through mass and back. late July (and through to end November) took my dog for daily walk in local woodland - average 1.5miles. still <1mg Permax/day Mid August, review with my normal Neuro; overcome with anxiety I couldn't walk and was taken to his consulting room in a wheelchair. He didn't listen to a word about my anxiety problem and tripled my dosage of Permax - like an idiot I took it. December 1999, Christmas the saddest ever as my wife clearly didn't want anything to do with me; not even a hug. Facing the journey without love, affection, support and involvement and sex, was going to be difficult. January/February 2000 marriage collapses and I move to separate bedroom; the beginning of lonely sleepless nights. The emotional stress affected my progress, in fact caused regress as walking became difficult once more. However, when I did I was upright and my arms swung freely by my side. Very capable at driving and would go for a long drive in the early hours. January 2001 Severe Oedema both legs March 2001 started Weekly Reflexology and 4 weekly Homeopathic consultations May 2001 Hospital for 6 days as I had contracted a bacterial infection in my right leg - something I picked up in the garden when the blisters on my foot burst while I was working - My Garden Landscaping project started Spring 2000 and finished Summer 2003 also included establishing a Pond and laying on Electric to my garden Hobby shed and a junction point for pond lighting and pump. ALL THE WORK COMPLETED BY ME! August 2001 started Sinemet 62,5 - one three times per day 2002 a better year, no increase in meds 2003, so far so good; reflexology and Alexander sessions bi-weekly, and homoeopathic consultations every 6weeks Walking is better; this week I relaid a Decking tile path in just 2 days. Today I clipped a laurel bush with an Electric machine; I was perfectly balanced Three weeks ago I discovered a shot of regular espresso dramtically improved mobility almost immediate;y - I bought an Espresso machine as (being Italiann!) I like my coffee strong. Two weeks ago I reduced Permax to 2 per day. April I went on a detox plan - significant benefits 2 weeks ago I had my first Bowen Therapy - see www.bowen.com Each day I take: 3 papaya enzyme tablets, 1 kelp, 2 Spirolena, 1 blu/green algae and 1 Anti-oxidant and my homeopathic remedy (which varies) Over the last three years, in addition to my Garden project, I have: repaired PC's and provided telephone support to family, friends and neighbours diagnosed and fixed an engine/car diagnostic system for my Mercedes technician - which the experts had abandoned restored anntique furniture established a large stamp collection restarted Photography I'm about to start making mosaics and woodcarving I'm far from finished; I will never give in to PD! The power of one's mind is immense and can bring about change Oh, I don't have any tremor or Dyskinesia; anxiety is my Achilles heal. Regards, Marco ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. Byrne" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: Re: Alternative tx > Hi everyone, > > I have been reading the letters about Herbalife's benefits for some > and the concerns others have re: 'pushing Herbalife' in our list. This is > an open list, or so I thought. If someone is benefiting from a product and > simply wants to 'share' that with others, what is the problem?? I would > like to receive as much info as I can and hear EVERYONE'S story re: PD tx. > I must admit, when I was doing the Ayurvedic herbs I couldn't wait to tell > you all, in case there was someone else 'out there' that wanted to try this > alternative route. And, there were, AND we did. Now, for myself I chose to > go to Western medicine (ie. Sinemet and Mirapex) but some stuck with the > herbs and it is interesting to hear what works for some and not for others. > We are our own advocates in this adventure but we are also a GROUP, designed > to work together and share what knowledge we have re: this mysterious > malady. > > Anyway, I say, BRING IT ON, if dragonfly wings and bat's ears helped > someone, I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT! Heck, I'm desperate, I want to suck in > all the info I can . . . I'm going down 'fightin' all the way'. > > Sorry, I had to ventilate, I'm really not a trouble-maker --- lol. > > Cheryl in Auburn, CA. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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