Hello Steve Iam Ronald from Mumbai India Iam 68 years old having parkinson for ten years Parkinsons cannot take away your hope or your relationship or your dreams or your faith Without positive thoughts and emotions with out hope,love ,and spirit we are nothing Learn to live positively with optimal physical and spiritual health I wish to quote form Dr Jill Parkinsons disea is not you and you are not Parkinson;sdisease Ronald Rodrigues >From: Steve Smikla <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: PD >Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 09:52:14 -0400 > >Hello- >My name is Steve, I'm 44 years old and I live in Phoenix, AZ. In December, >2004, I was diagnosed with Parkinsonism, which I had self diagnosed >earlier, but was in denial. (I work in correctional health administration, >so I have access to medical reference books.) I went through the typical >cycle of anger, sadness, denial, etc., until I accepted this diagnosis and >vowed to live each day to the fullest. I have a wonderful neurologist >treating me and a wonderful partner who will be my caregiver when the time >comes. I'm currently on Mirapex and Artane, which seems to hellp the >majority of the time. I'd love to talk to folks who are "in the same boat" >and get feedback on therapies that work, including alternative therapies. >Contact me at my emaill address and put "PD" in the subject line so I >don't delete your message. Thank you. >________________________________________________________________________ >Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and >IM. All on demand. Always Free. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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