At 18:40 2/03/97 -0500, Don wrote: >>i am lost as to hwu to answer but i spent 6months in hosp. for bowl >trouble. most in icu. went in at 185 lb left at 100. eat at one end comes >out the other. i have the record at the hosp. for the longest stay. 2yrs ago >still have trouble. take a lot of diff med. been a pd for 25 yrs. getting >tried of fighting any more. even after 8yrs i learnwd to walk with a cne. >have elec. cart for any distance took up bouling and golf from my cart. just >stand at the line a toss 8 lb ball. got 50 ha ha. so i tell every to try but >i want to give up. cant help my self.am depressed as i owned my own buss. >was 12 in town on cb but don,t how now. cant spell or do any elec things >now. gusse i will quit. I.Y.Q. 73 Don, Please don't let it get to you. At least you haven't been troubled by constipation lke most parkies ;-) 1. There is hope on the horizon. 2. Have you tried one of the modern anti-depressants? I ask, not only because you sound as though you need it, but also because PD itself can give rise to depression. A fact of which many neurologists seem not to be sufficiently aware. Regards, M. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Atyeo 51 Alexander Mackie Circuit Isaacs, 2607 Australia +61 6 286 2606 Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like an apple.