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Welcome,Geoff My name is David Moreland, and I have been a parkie for about 18 years. And one of these days I will send you as copy of a piece that I wrote a few years ago entitled My Life as a Parkie IT kind of explains why I am still activ At 10:25 AM 2/6/2005, you wrote: >Hello to all you lovely PWPs!! > >My name is Geoff (Geoffrey) Wade, I am 57 years young, and live in a >picturesque village called Barley, near Cambridge, in England. > >About four years ago, I was forced to take two months off my work for >Cambridge University Press, through severe depression. > >It was shortly after my return to work that I thought I was experiencing >R.S.I. >(Repetitive Strain Injury) in my upper left arm. > >Over the next three years, the flexibility decreased so that I could no >longer touch-type with my left hand, which had become very swollen along with >tight, aching and unrelaxed forearm. My left leg was also aching a lot too, >difficult to relax, and dragging on the ground when I walked (weird, >because in >order to clear the ground, it felt as though I was trying to bring my knee up >to my chest, which I wasn't!) > >When my yearly "depression" check-up came round, my doctor was perplexed to >see my hand, and hear about my symptoms. He arranged for me to see a >specialist neurologist, who immediately suspected, and confirmed after a >scan, that I >had mild Parkinson's Disease. > >He prescribed Sinemet, and said that I should have another five to 10 good >years left!!! > >After reading about the bad side effects of Sinemet, and how often PWPs >found these side effects worse than the PD symptoms themselves, I have >decided to >delay taking this medication, and hang on to my five to 10 years, as long as >possible. > >I definitely find exercise to be a benefit, once the body's natural >painkillers >(endorphins) kick in. Mornings are always the worst, and I become more and >more positive as the day goes along. But then I wake up next day, and the >tiring, painful and bloody-minded, concentrated and stubborn effort has to be >made yet again, knowing things will never improve for long. > >My wife Ann is a tower of strength, and tries to help all she can. Ann found >out about some special properties said to be contained in broad beans. Now >whether these will help any of you, I don't know, but I certainly seem to be >getting at least some short-term help from eating some of these every day. Ann >found out about these on _www.wholisticresearch.com_ >(http://www.wholisticresearch.com) > >A friend recently gave me the book by Barbara Blake-Krebs and Linda Herman, >entitled When Parkinson's Strikes Early. A wonderfully helpful book, which >made me feel a part of a world-wide family, and not just a single unique and >isolated sufferer of PD. This is where learned about Barbara Patterson's PIEN >brilliant support group. > >Thank You in anticipation of being fully accepted into PIEN. > >Love and Best Wishes to You ALL. > >Geoff >xoxo > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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