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Hello, kind people! Whenever my PD meds are being kind to me and working at their optimal level, I am lucky enough to have them take away all the outward manifestations that normally trouble me - difficult handwriting, hand/finger dexterity (buttoning clothes, cutting food, putting on make-up, handling money in stores, etc.), difficulty in getting out of the car, turning in bed, rising from a chair, etc., shufflling and taking tiny steps when walking - all can feel "*normal*". This absence of symptoms, though usually short-lived, is, of course, a wonderful feeling! I'm FREE! However, I have realized that there are two "hidden" manifestations of my PD that NEVER diminish or go away. The first is when I move my finges up and down (as in playing a piano), my fingers resist the movement and have an eery, vibrating appearance and feeling. The other is when I stick out my tongue and move it back and forth, it moves in a strange spastic, jerky manner. There have been a couple of times when I was being examined by my neurologist that my meds were working so well that these two abnormalities were the only things he could see that verified my PD diagnosis. I would like to know if anyone else out there on the ListService experiences anything similar to what I've tried to describe. Two of my doctors have told me I am unusual in that I have some symptoms that most PWPs do not have and I don't have some that most do. I guess I thought that this was true with almost every person that has the disease. While this is nothing of great importance, if anyone will take the time to comment about this, I would appreciate it. Kindest Regards, JANICE LONG