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I think your mother may want to consult another neurologist. My mother has had PD for roughly 17 years and has always received care in the Twin Cities so I think I can help you out. Our family has encountered several neurologists in this area. The Parkinson's Disease Clinic based out of Methodist Hospital is without peer in the Twin Cities. Drs. Silverstein and Zwiebel head the clinic and in my opinion are exceptional neurologists. The Parkinson's center in the hospital has a well stocked video and print library. Every member of the staff that we have had contact with has been caring, considerate, and very competent. In addition, the Parkinson's Clinic and the MN chapter of the APDA co-sponsor conferences that are very informative. The Clinic also provides an exclusive link to the University of Minnesota's pallidotomy program (of which my Mother is now a part.) If you have any other questions about resources in the Twin Cities let me know and I'll be glad to help if I can. On Tue, 31 Jan 1995, Edward W. Raasch Jr. wrote: > Hello to all!! > > I too have been lurking in the backround several months. I am the son of a > PD sufferer and am now in dire need of advice on my mother's condition. At > 74 years old, my mother was diagnosed some 8 plus years ago. Her doctor > diagnosed here as "mild" and for the first eight years I felt that I agreed > with him. Unfortunatly, my father passed away in November and mother is on > her own now except for brief weekly visits from her three children. Her > present doctor lacks the compasion that we feel she needs from him, she is > depressed, mostly sedentary, constipated, now suffers severe rigidness and > tremors and we don't feel that her diet is what it should be. Can someone > out there point us in the right direction as we feel that she still has many > good years left, if she can only find the power and the will to seek them. > We live in the Twin Cities MN area. Thanks so much and God Bless you all! >