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Hi, Ian, I have experienced all of the above (below). Maybe it's a logical outgrowth my past, which involved a lot of joint-rolling and craps-shooting. ;-) Don't worry. You'll be shake rattle and rolling with the best of them. Better to try to better define how to strengthen and lengthen your functional life, rather than categorizing your vibrative style. No matter how you shake it down, it still comes up PD. Hang in there. Enjoy spring! Rick McGirr Email: [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:17 PM Subject: Re: Question: The "Rest Tremor" in PD? > Ian > > I was first diagnosed with "essential tremor" An MDS diagnosed me with PD > due to the way my leg shook. I have never had "pin-rolling" tremor, but my > grandfather did. > > The DBS surgeries really tamed those tremors but nothing else. Everyone has > a different story. > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Menkins" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:18 PM > Subject: Question: The "Rest Tremor" in PD? > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I am a 38 year old male living in Australia. > > I have a question relating to the rest tremor in PD. > > I have often heard the rest tremor in Parkinson's described as a "pill > > rolling tremor", but have never fully understood this. The description > > varies greatly from text to text. Some texts describe it as a slow yet > > rhythmic back and forth motion which appears as though the person is > > holding a pill in their cupped hand and rolling it about within the palm. > > Other texts describe it as rubbing the thumb and forefinger together > > rapidly, as though the person is rolling a pill between the thumb and > > forefinger. Another text I read said that if the patient rubs their thumb > > and forefinger together, the activity is sufficient to cause the rest > > tremor to stop. But this seems to contradict the very nature of the tremor > > as described in the other text! > > I have a rest tremor and would never describe it in the terms of rubbing > > my thumb and forefinger together, mainly because this would mean that my > > thumb and forefinger are moving in opposite directions to one another. My > > tremor is more like the first description, as if I have a pill resting in > > the palm of my hand and I am attempting to roll it about. If I hold my > > fingers out flat and try to relax, I get more of a "flutter" type motion > > in my fingers. The thumb and first two fingers seem to flutter the most. > > Is this a typical rest tremor or do I have something else? > > Ian > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > 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