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I've never heard of anything like this before, and will watch for an answer with real interest. If there is a "cutting loose" stage, I would want to know about it and prepare for it. k. >On my mother's last visit to her neurologist, he diagnosed Parkinson's >Plus and then told her that there was no need for her to come back to him >anymore, as there was nothing else he could do for her. She has been >seeing him for years, and I've always thought he sounded cold as she >would recount her visits, but this just "takes the cake". Why would he >say this, unless it's the standard practice to cut loose a patient when >the end is in sight. Of course, he will continue to provide for her >prescriptions, but she and I believe that it is time to see another >neurologist. She is barely mobile, can eat little. Would it be futile >to pursue another neurologist? She has so little stamina, that I hate to >subject her to all that it would entail. On the other hand, she feels >abandoned. What do you think? > > ====================================================================== Mrs. Karin M. Beros, MSO [log in to unmask] International and Area Studies voice: (510) 642-8542 Office of the Dean, 260 Stephens Hall fax: (510) 642-9466 Mail Code 2300 ======================================================================