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I am a doctor. I gave up surgery when I saw how easily a colleage could do it. I gave up mmy practice when people stopped coming because they thought I had Alzheimers disease, but I still look up things for people on internet. I meditate and write poetry You will always be a vet in your heart http://meditation.org.au/ http://mungomandreaming.blogspot.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristin Woestehoff" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 2:22 AM Subject: introduction and question > Hi, > my name is Kristin and I am new to the list and to the PD community. I > am 49, married with two kids and own my on veterinary practice in > Colorado. I heard about PIEN when I read the book, When Parkinsons > Strikes Early. That was a great book to start my education and get me > connected to a very supportive PD community. I had some trouble signing > up for PIEN at first, so I joined the yahoo PD list (plwp2) and found out > what a great group of people this disease brings together! It is nice not > to have to go through this alone... > > Right now I am newly diagnosed and very mild, so I am able to function > OK, I just have the usual worries about the future. I have left sided > tremors and a bit of loss of strength and coordination on that side, but > not so much that it affects what I do. I will ask a question that I asked > the PLWP2 list, as I want to hear what others think. I am struggling with > how much to tell people. It is in my nature to 'let it all hang out' so I > will probably be quite open about it, but I do wonder how people will > react. Friends and family I am not too concerned about. I am mostly > concerned about what my staff at work and my clients (the pet owners) will > think. Will they think I am not capable? I think right now I can, for > instance, do surgery OK. The tremor is in my nondominant hand, and I do > not really notice it much during surgery. I am sure that will change > overtime and I will have to give up that aspect of my practice. > > I am not currently being treated for PD. I do take propranolol which > seems to diminish the trremors, probably by dimishing any anxiety I might > have that aggravates the tremors. > > Looking forward to learning from you all! > Kristin > > > --------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! > FareChase. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.32/1032 - Release Date: > 26/09/2007 8:20 PM > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn