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Dear Friends: I would like to take this opportunity to thank Barbara Patterson for inviting my participation. Here's a snippet of who I am and what my situation is: I'm Dion Dennis, Assistant Professor in the Dept of CRIJ, HIST, PSCI at Texas A& M International University, in Laredo, Texas (a new campus on the Texas-Mexico border). Health care services are demonstrably subpar on the border. My wife Roxy, who teaches English and creative writing to poor colonia children in South Laredo, and who has just turned 40, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's (in San Antonio). It is early, and her tremor is in her non-dominant hand. Needless to say, we are reorienting our lives in such a way to reduce any unnecessary stresses on her. My first questions for members of the list are: 1. Does anyone have any experience with Parkinson's specialists in South Texas? Is there any that merit special consideration? 2. The general neurologist that we saw wrote out prescriptions for the current standard of conventional treatment - Sinemet 10/200, twice-a-day and Eldepryl. I'm not sure he did sufficient evaluation of when treatment would be necessary. We are considering the idea that since her tremor is on her non-dominant side, and is not yet interfering with her work, of delaying treatment for a a while longer (since all drugs have significant side effects and I have downloaded specific data on Sinemet and Eldepryl). Any comments? Thanks again. Dion Dennis [log in to unmask]