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i just read several entries that folks were diagnosed with hypothyroidism around the time they were diagnosed with pd. so was i...this must be common? shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brightline" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:42 AM Subject: Focus Needed... Pain & PD > David: > Thanks for sharing your experience. > If we share our experiences like this, we probably should be able to get > a better handle on the various symptoms that might forewarn what is coming > next to haunt us like PD or anything for that matter. > PD as far as I know is still diagnozed by the common symptoms such as > tremor, micrographia (?) or small handwriting, > dystonia, bradykinesia, postural instability etc. These are probably the > symptoms that were used to recognize this disease originally by Dr. > Parkinson himself. > Unfortunately, by the time one begins to show the physical symptoms, we > have lost about 70-80% of the dopaminergic neurons! Once this has happenned > it is very difficult and time consuming to regain the dead neurons by the > neuroregeneratve process that is constanly going on in our body. As the PD > progresses more and more neurons are dying not only because of PD but also > because of aging. This makes it tough on our body to regain the lost > neurons. Therefore I think it is very important that we should be able to > recognize the disease early and help regeneration of the endogenous neuronal > stem cells, which will help retardthe progression of the disease. > More on this later. > Raj > ************ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:24 AM > Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD > > > > To add to the list, I too was first diagnosed with hypothyroidism. The > > synthyroid greatly reduced my fatigue for a while. But then I was > diagnosed > > with PD, and that shifted my focus. We need to know more obviously about > > the autoimmune response. David > > > > > > >From: Brightline <[log in to unmask]> > > >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD > > >Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 11:34:28 -0400 > > > > > >My experience was slightly different. > > >I was diagnozed with hypothyroidism and started taking synthroid. This > > >eliminated my fatigue for a while. But, my pain took over my attention. > > >After a few years I was diagnozed with PD. As a hindsight, I now strongly > > >believe that if I had controlled my pain early enough, I would have > slowed > > >the prgression of PD. > > >Raj > > >********* > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Wendy Siegel" <[log in to unmask]> > > >To: <[log in to unmask]> > > >Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:19 PM > > >Subject: Re: Focus Needed... Pain & PD > > > > > > > > > > I see some commonalities between your wife's experience and my > > > > husband's, things that may or may not be coincidence. > > > > > > > > You wrote: > > > > > > > > "Does anyone else have any information that draws any correlation > > > > between > > > > inflammation, autoimmune disorders and PD? ... The first is > > > > where the Thyroid is attacked by the autoimmune system eventually > > > > causing it > > > > to underperform." > > > > > > > > My husband has recently developed a goiter. That was what eventually > led > > > > me to diagnose his PD. After researching it and other symptoms on the > > > > web, I got the diagnoses down to hyperthyroidism or PD. The thyroid > > > > doctor said all was normal, that's when I knew it was PD. He said they > > > > don't know the cause of the goiter. Rich still has it, some days it is > > > > larger than other days. So far, we can't determine what affects it. > > > > > > > > > > > > You wrote: > > > > "A great side effect during the course of treatment was an almost > > > > total elimination of her asthma symptoms (reduction of inflammation in > > > > lungs). Since we have stopped the steroids it seems she is now > > > > experiencing > > > > more pain." > > > > > > > > Rich had asthma as a child, and has in the past used steroids. He > hasn't > > > > had problems with asthma in years though. > > > > > > > > Wendy > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > 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 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Store more e-mails with MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - 4 plans to choose > from! > > http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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