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HI EVERYONE: WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU GREETINGS FROM COMOX VALLEY PARKINSON SUPPORT GROUP ON VANCOUVER ISLAND. AM COORDINATOR FOR THIS GROUP. HUSBAND, PETER, DIAGNOSED PARKINSONS 1990. IS 69, SUFFERS FROM ASTHMA AS WELL. ALSO HAS DEMENTIA WHICH APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE THIS YEAR AFTER A VACATION IN ONTARIO. HIS PD HAS WORSENED ALSO WITH SHUFFLING, DIFFICULTY IN TURNING OVER AT NIGHT, LOW VOLUME WHEN SPEAKING, STIFFNESS. DOCTOR CANNOT GIVE ANY MORE MEDS BECAUSE OF THE DEMENTIA. IS ON SINEMET CR, PARLADOL AND NOW NOVATRIPTILINE FOR DEPRESSION. I WORK PARTTIME AT A SENIORS CENTRE TEACHING COMPUTER COURSES. GETTING MORE DIFFICULT TO LEAVE HIM ALONE. WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ANY INFORMATION ON DEMENTIA, RESTLESS LEGS THE HEARTACHE OF THE CAREGIVER. CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED SO MANY LETTERS IN MY E-MAIL. I TRIED FOR A YEAR TO FIND INFORMATION ON PARKINSON IN COMPUSERVE. THANK YOU ALL LEONE [log in to unmask]