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Hi, Sorry to hear about your mother, but yes I think your mother should see someone who specializes in PD, if her doctor thinks she has it. Is her doctor just a general doctor or what? Jo-Ann Obrand ([log in to unmask]) On Tue, 9 Jul 1996, Dorothy Raynor wrote: > Re Welcome from Barbara Patterson - Thank you for the personal touch. Just > a note about myself as you suggested - I live just outside Brandon, Manitoba, > Canada, and am a self-employed bookkeeper and boarding kennel operator. My > mother, who is 78, has just been diagnosed with PD, based on the fact that > she told her doctor that she is getting really bad on her feet, and that her > hands are shaky. Her hands have been shaky for many years - she is on many > medications - antidepressants, high blood pressure, cholesterol, and on and > on. She also mixes alcohol with these medications, although this isn't talked > about. She does not get out much, is not interested in anything except > sleeping, and so it is no wonder to me that she is not good on her feet anymore. > Sorry if I sound like I'm spouting off, but I'm very frustrated with this, and > the fact that the doctor gave her medication for PD based on the above as I > have mentioned. I don't know what medication he gave her, but I was not > familiar > with PD at all, and that is why I subscribed to this list. Any ideas from > anyone else - someone suggested today that she see a neurologist. I've told > her I think she should get a second opinion. Thanks for listening. > > Dorothy Raynor > Dorothy Raynor >