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I can't help wondering whether David's doctor was performing one of the standard tests for PD, where the patient is standing and is pulled backward to observe how they regain their balance. If so, of course, the doctor should have explained what he was doing. In my own case, I have no complaints about how the diagnosis was given. I first saw my internist about my tremor about 3 years earlier. She said it did not look like PD to her (my father had had essential tremor), but referred me to a neurologist. He said he could not be sure, but he could not rule out PD. He saw me every 6 months or so and tried several medications which sometimes work for essential tremor. Meanwhile, as he noted, my symptoms were looking more and more like a textbook case of PD. Finally, he said the way to be sure was to see whether Sinemet would be effective in reducing the symptoms. The dystonia in my toes disappeared within an hour of taking the first pill, and I could draw my own conclusion. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:26 AM Subject: How should a diagnosis be given/ was diagnosis > You have to forgive me, David, but I was laughing out loud after reading > your account. How terrible, yet how ridiculous. > > Which leads to the question....how would the members of this list have > wanted their neurologist to have broken the news about PD? > > This list has the power to change what is currently happening in medicine. > Although the political efforts here are laudable, there are also simple ways > to make the lives of PD victims less stressful. This is one of them. > Perhaps if enough suggestions are given, we can forward them to neurologists > who might take notice. In fact, we could start with our very own doctors in > an effort to change the PD world just a little bit. > ------------ > God bless > Mary Ann (CG Jamie 66/26 with PD) > >> After suddenly enfolding me in his arms (he smelled bad) and >> knocking me over (was he crossing some line here?), he bluntly announced >> that he thought it was parkinson's disease. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn