Hey Ed..... gimme the name of that doctor! A pint of ice cream with chocolate sauce every day? THIS is MY kinda guy!!! <giggling> Barb Mallut ---------- From: PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf of Edwin Partridge Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 1996 10:59 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: swallowing Marcia Hutcheson said --- " Good morning to you all. Yesterday I came home from a very unsettling vis " with my parents in Cincinnati. My dad is 79 pd 9 yrs. In the 2 weeks sin " I have seen him he has lost so much weight. He looked like the some of th " pictures from the concentration camps. Mother says he has not been able t " eat " or drink except in very limited amounts. Edwin Partridge replies --- Make certain that the doctors check on his thyroid functions. I suddenly lost 30-35 pounds, from 160-165, while I was suffering other medical problems. My other problems were blamed for this --- I was going out but fast --- then a simple blood test disclosed that I had a red hot thyroid. The cure was simple --- two large pills thrice a day, and a pint of ice cream every day, or more --- with chocolate sauce! cheers --- ED From: [log in to unmask] * SLMR 2.1a * McLean Virginia USA Tue 08-13-96 12:59 pm --- * KMail 3.00