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Dear Dora: While my husband (the PD patient) hasn't wanted to travel much in the past five or six years of his PD (diagnosed 11 years ago; also has it in his right side and feet, but not much in his hands), we have a friend in Berkeley whose hands are the affected part. She spent a month in Europe by herself, receive lots of help from people around her, some of them strangers, when she needed it, and even went to Sweden to buy a car, as she has done several times in the past. She has always been a regular traveler, and simply isn't going to give up because of PD. You probably don't have to either. If your hands are less affected, you could probably do very well managing your own business on your own timetable, and enjoy it a lot. I admire my friend's energy and resolve. I think you can keep yourself young that way. Go for it! k. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 8 Sep 1995, Dora Walters wrote: > Hi Everybody, > I have just subscribed to this list. In April, I was diagnosed as having > Parkinson's. What sent me to the doctor was a tremor in my right leg and foot . > In retrospect, I believe that I have had it at least a couple of years and > didn't recognize the symptoms. My right arm has been getting rigid. It does > not swing naturally like my left one does. > When the doctor told me that i might have Parkinson's, I was very upset. I > could see all my plans that I had for retirement going down the drain. After I > started seeing a neurologist, he reassured me that great strides have been mad e > in the treatment of Parkinson's. > I plan on retiring in two years and opening up a smocking/heirloom sewing shop > which I have started in my home on a part time basis. I now feel that I can g o > ahead with my plans. > I don't really know what to expect in the course of this disease and I realize > from reading literature that not everyone has the same symptoms. > > Dora Walters in RI ([log in to unmask]) >