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Barbara Mallut wrote: > > In the 20 or so years I've had PD, viewed from where I am today, I can see > that the internal medicine and/or general MD's I've been to over the years > showed an abysmal lack of knowledge about PD. Beyond Sinemet, their lack of > PD drug awareness simply appeared to be nonexistent. Barb Big_Honey :-) ...as you usually do you put the finger in the wound... > There was a huge difference when I finally was seen by Dr. Iacono at Loma > Linda University School of Medicine, as HE is prolly one of this country's > pre-eminent movement disorder specialists. WHAT a difference that made in PD >> But here you let me in the air with this word prolly...I supose it means pioneer ? or similar word as long I can't find it in the Webster. > I don't know as I see the MDs not "catching" all the problems inherent with > having PD. Personally, I simply think that most dismiss much of what they > read about or hear from their PD patients as being unimportant to not only > their patient's welfare but to the welfare of the greater PD community. I > believe there's a gross lack of sensitivity amongst the GENERAL medical > community to all the miserable subtle nuances of this disease (and truthfully, > that includes many other diseases, too). Unfortunately it's often that a > collection of those individual subtle nuances piled one on top of the other > within our respective bodies that makes our life so often rather tortured. > > It's that "no biggee" attitude frequently found amongst some MDs when they see > the PD patient who has come to them for relief of symptoms that drives me > nuts... because it IS a "biggee" when it's MY body. No one in this group EVER > dismisses anyone who needs to talk about their PD... not HERE. > Here I am lost again with yours "biggee" (any relation to big ? ). The very best to you and Carol Cave, +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+