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Hello to all, I am new to the list but I have recieved some interesting and heartfelt messages from some of you in the group. I wanted to give you a list of my baseline abilities right now. I know that I have a severe case possibly Parkinson's Plus, but I am not positive. Without medication I had some severe problems with balance, central nervous system problems, etc. I started on Requip and am at the 2 mg dose so far. It has stopped my falling, and some of my tremors and dizziness, speech problems, CNS problems. I may need to go up on it at my next visit. I also found out what it is like to sleep again. Ten years ago I was a Martha Stewart type, entertaining, parties and the like. I did all the sewing, haircutting and such for my entire family before I started working full time. I also took up several hobbies such as beadworking, with tiny seed beads, making leather goods and such, and I even made tents out of canvas. When I went back to school I set aside some of this and became a nurse. I had less time but I did things like shingle my roof on my days off. (My husband is disabled.) I took in two foster children and had time to do my family's genealogy. Now I find that it is a real effort to get to work, and stay all day. Thankfully I have graduated to a desk job, but there is no way I can "be a nurse" anymore. When I am stressed or tired, the shaking comes back full force, as though I have no medication at all. Patients tend to draw away from a shaking hand. I think the saddest loss for me is the art/craft work I had planned to do when I retired. I bought sets of paints I probably will never use, and tons of beads and embroidery thread I may never use, due to this new "thing" I have. I fear that when I can no longer work, which won't be much longer, I think, I will also be unable to do the things that give me joy. So this list gives me an outlet to see what others are feeling and doing and I am also reading and getting encouragement from those of you who can still do things you enjoy. I am thinking that this "thing" must attack the most intricate and talented brains of all- yours and mine!! Sincerely, Monica ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn