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Last weekend I sent a letter to this esteemd group with a request for feedback. I got one reply for which I am very thankful. In the meantime I updated her list of symptoms. Please, you regular contributors and others, tell me if you heard or experienced similar. We are in Puerto Vallarta for the winter and will not meet Veronika's neurologist until April and this uncertainty about her progress is 'killing' me. Thank you. Dirk Here is my updated letter again: After my wife's (69) diagnosis with PD 2 1/2 years ago I noticed over time dramatic changes in her symptoms and would like to know if this is considered normal. 2 years ago she: 1. had a very hard time climbing in and out of bed 2. her arms were stiff when walking 3. her handwriting became smaller and smaller 4. her upper lip would curl up 5. getting up from a chair or sofa took up to five tries 6. her right foot lower leg would shake a lot 7.complained about brain fog 8. ringing in the ear stopped (99% of the time, don't know if it has anything to do with Parkinson's) 9.couldn't do phone conversations w. her kids or friends for more than 3-5min 10. abt. 8 months ago, when walking, her upper body would tilt slightly to the left 11. if she got (negatively!) exited about something, her left hand would shake very fast abt. 10" and she would stop it with her other hand All these symptoms have more or less reversed back to normal. However now she suffers: 1. weightloss, down from 108lbs to 82lbs 2. moving toes, particularly at night before going to bed , moving up and down, while her feet try to roll left to right 3.breathing troubles, similar to Asthma, mostly at night 4. early mornings we take a walk, up to an hour and she walks fairly fast without any help. Then - like a deflated balloon - she looses power and she can't walk straight any more. But if I ask her to jog, while I walk beside her, she can do so for abt. 100m or so slow but very straight without loosing any balance.....??? She stays more or less like that for the rest of the day. Her brain capacity is diminished somewhat and she can't multitask. She takes 1 1/2 Sinemet 3x a day and a host of other remedies outside trad. western medicine. I was always under the impression that PD symptoms get, over time, gradually worse and don't disappear. Anyone with similar experiences? Thank you. Happy New Year and hoping, that a remedy for PD is just around the corner. Dirk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn