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At 10:37 AM 3/1/97 -0500, you wrote: >Debbie, one of the first symptoms my father had of PD was feeling of >being off balance, or leaning forward. He had special shoes made, which >did not help. the Sinemet did help, when he was diagnosed with PD. > > > > >[OO] LOOKING FOR RADIOS! >Ken Becker >[log in to unmask] > > >On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Donovan White wrote: > >> My mother (67, diagnosed less than one month ago with PD; cannot use hand, >> but no tremor, really; lost use of toes after breaking an ankle; slower >> speech; off balance) is now up to 25/100 plus 1/2 tablet 3x/day and it >> isn't doing anything. When she called her neuro about this and to say that >> she was feeling a bit more off balance the other day, the neuro said that >> the off balance wasn't from PD. >> >> This seems wrong to me; isn't off balance a symptom? I am afraid that she >> has something other than (worse than) PD (is this possibly what he could >> mean??) >> >> Thanks for any insight. Debbie White >> >> >> >> [log in to unmask] >> ken i got to agree with debbie pd does put you of balance. i have had pd 25yrs. but with toes off can be some trouble. ears can cause it to but tell your dr. exsplean. more to you. pd may not be all the problem. i have seisiours to. cant spell. or rember a lot any more. my wife was pres. of our support group 6yrs. still is helping others. but tell her to hang in ther.I.Y.Q. >