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Sunday, June 10, 2007 Let's talk about Parkinson's Disease I was diagnosed a few months ago with PD. It was really a revelation to me because I also have MS. Consequently, alot of the symptoms I have I thought were due to MS. I developed a tremor in my right hand and spasms so bad that I had difficulty working and resting. For awhile I thought for sure that I would have to stop working. Then, there it was, PD. A new illness that I had to accept into my life. With MS, I had visions of eventually looking like Annette Funiciello when she would be seen on television. That didn't happen, but it was pretty frightening. With PD, I then saw myself as Michael J. Fox with his symptoms so obvious and again frightening. I remember thinking to myself how awful for him and his family to have to go through that. Well, hello, I didn't have to wait too long. I have been lucky so far, because with medication I am pretty much in good shape. My symptoms worsen if I over do physically and don't get enough rest. I know all the things I should be doing to help myself, but there's another part of me that tells me to just go and do what I want. Certainly I have some limitations, but my theory is, if I am feeling really good today, then I take full advantage of it and do probably more than I should, but let me tell ya. It feels so good..So good to not let any of this get the better of me. Take the bull by the horns, so the speak, and shake it up a little. It' s a good day every day. It 's a good day when I can beat my symptoms again and again. I can rest tomorrow. Posted by dlani at 8:35 AM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn