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I agree and particularly if the person does not have a tremor. So many people and I think family practitioners among them think PD is tremor. >I encountered an elderly gentleman at the cafeteria the other evening. > >I noticed him because of his shuffling gait, his expressionless face and he >seemed to he holding his tray higher on one side than the other. > >Afterwards, I visited him and asked him he had Parkinson's. He said that his >wife had recently died and prior to her lengthly hospitalization, he used to >walk 6 miles a day. He said that the sitting at the hospital had seemed to >have effected both of his hips causing walking any distance to be painful. He >also had "stiffness" in his upper left arm. He attributed these discomforts to >arthritis. > >He also said that he took heart medication. His skin had a reddish color on >his face and hands. > >He hadn't been seen by a doctor. I recommended that he see a neurologist. > >For discussion, I wonder how many undiagnosed parkinsonians are being seen by >family practictioners, and other specialists but remain undiagnosed and >untreated due to its' "not fatal" nature and/or expense even though the >classic signs are featured? > > > > > > >John Cottingham "The parkinsn list brings Knowledge, Comfort, > Hope, and Friendship to the parkinsonian world." >[log in to unmask] > > Helen Ormsby : [log in to unmask] Eagle River, Alaska USA