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Hi Ray and All! Thanks and good news! Laureen has turned around! She's improved more in the past four days at home than she did in four weeks of skilled nursing and rehab. Just as a test, her neurologist (Dr. Samanta) asked her to stop the Neupro patch and go back on the Requip. Almost instant recovery. (Apparently her system became used to the Requip, during the time Neupro was off the market. Between the med change and being back at home she is doing much, much, better. She's still not quite where she was before her fall and hip injury, but she's getting real close. Be well. Scott Scott E. Antes Northern Arizona University Department of Anthropology PO Box 15200 Flagstaff, AZ 86011 ________________________________________ From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Rayilyn Brown [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 9:30 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: decline after fall Scott and All In 2008 I fell on my tailbone and it took a year to get better although was told nothing was broken. This fall marked the beginning of my 2nd PD decline. My first was in 2002-2003 with my Mother’s stroke and death between my DBS surgeries in 2003. I am convinced that physical and emotional traumas make this disease worse by speeding progression. I am thinking specifically now of Laureen’s situation of falling while on the neupro patch. She has been in better shape than me until now. Scott, this really upsets me. I feared there might be a problem as she has not emailed me. Please tell her I send my love her way. Ray Rayilyn Brown Past Director AZNPF Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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