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John, have you tried Amantadine, the anti-flu drug, which can be used to stop dyskenisias. My husband, David, used it up to 3x/day depending upon the severity of the dyskenisias until he had his DBS surgery. The DBS stopped the dyskenisias totally. If you haven't tried Amandadine, consider asking your doctor. BTW, a dear, dear friend of mine, Ylva Lindroth is a rheumatologist in Sweden. She lives in Lund, but I'm not sure where her practice is. Bev Bashe ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Svensk" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:12 AM Subject: [SPAM] Re-introduction: John Svensk, the parkie formerly known asJohn Qvist > Hi, my name is John Svensk, the list old-timers may remember me by the > name > John Qvist. I'm 38, have experienced symptoms of PD since I was 18, and > was > diagnosed at 26. I live in Viksjö, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, together > with my lovely wife Veronica. Veronica and I got married in 2004 and > that's > when I changed my name; I decided to take my wife's family name. I still > work 75% part time as a programmer at a small government agency (150 > people, > working with different aspects of higher education). In my spare time I > compete in what I think Americans call "bullseye pistol", slow fire > precision shooting at paper targets with ten rings at a distance of 25 or > 50 > yards/meters, each target gets five shots in six minutes, and a > competition > can have six, eight or twelve targets per competitor. Half the fun is > producing respectable scores while dyskinetic: other competitors just > can't > believe their eyes, hahaha. The trick is that I have found a position that > keeps the involuntary movements at a minimum when I concentrate and relax. > After that, it's just a question of concentrating on the front sight, > aiming > carefully and squeeeeezing the trigger slowly. It is a sport that helps me > stay sane by forcing me to focus on something else than muscle pains, > cramps, tremors, memory problems, flailing arms and shuffling feet. > > Take care, see you later! > /John > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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