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GLLJLL wrote: > > 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 Janice, Just judgeging from what I read and from what I feel I would say you are rigth in your conclusion, Regards, -- +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + | [log in to unmask] | +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+