Requip positive Cheer Hb On 21 Aug 2012 12:03, "Scott E Antes" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn