Too much nicotine has its own bad side effects. Please make sure that she remains within the prescription guidelines. She doesn't need a cardiac arrhythmia in addition to the rest of her problems. I'm so glad that she is going to be assigned to another doctor. Good for you - and your strong advocacy. --------- God bless Mary Ann (CG Jamie 68/28 with PD, died 11/20/07) www.bentwillowfarm.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "angela hamon" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:31 PM Subject: Re: PD or not PD > Thank you all for your unwavering support during this time. I have > collected the opposing medical opinions, the medical records, and found > that I can return to the original diagnosing clinic and restart her care > on the first of the month They have read and disagreed with the > neurologist reports and offered to refer me to another one. I will have > to pay cash while waiting for medicare or medicaid approval for Margey. > > They are ready to try new medicines, and she is feeling a little less > scared, and we do thank all of you profusely for your concern, your well > wishes, your advice about collecting her records, and all the friendship > you extended to us. She is feeling "ok" due to diet improvement (added > protein!) and nicotine. I know that's a can of worms, but the nicotine is > helping. She is chewing Nicorette steadily and sipping caffeinated > beverages, the tremors are pretty bad, and she falls, but help is coming > from the office she used to visit when they transfer her old file to the > new department head. Thanks again sweet ones for all you have done to help > me stay sane in these scary times. . . > Angela, Mom and caregiver to Margey, that rare teen parkie > _________________________________________________________________ > Your smile counts. The more smiles you share, the more we donate. Join in. > www.windowslive.com/smile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_oprsmilewlhmtagline > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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