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Jen, a whole lot has been tried and has failed, not to mention messing people up in the process. Do what you will. Experiments on the brain are usually dicey. Offering yourself for experimentation can be a brave, noble, or needy or mercenary act. But tread carefully. Rick McGirr -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jennifer Gaudio Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:00 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Thanks to all Morning, Thanks to all for the support and welcome. I appreciate it immensely. I wanted to pass on that my diagnosis was made by Dr. Bahmar Jabbari, a motion disorder specialist at Yale Neurology Clinic. So I think I'm stuck with the pd diagnosis :) My head's in a pretty good place. I'm not angry nor to I want to waste time on self-pity. Not that I won't have the great-great-great grandmammy of all freakouts as it progresses. Mostly I am trying to live in the moment, enjoy my life, and do everything I can to slow the progression. The surgery on my legs was to repair tendons unrelated to the pd (peripherally). I fell down some stairs in grad school and had pathetic health insurance and never got them checked. Five years later I had nothing holding my ankles together. Oddly, it was after the first surgery that the pd symptoms visibly manifested. Unfortunately, two surgeries in two years and a year of anxiety waiting for a diagnosis puts me at a significant deficit in the fitness arena. My wii fit has taken to scolding me. I've done clinical trials for things like endometriosis, but never anything like pd. Has anyone out there tried it? I want to try one offered by Yale, but I'm worried that it may affect my behavior/job performance. best,Jen _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9690331&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US :WWL_WIN_evergreen:112009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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