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------ =_NextPart_000_01BC38A0.EDC70FE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Just a note in response to Ken Lane's letter re cramping. Ken, I can certainly relate to your experience. I am round the same age as you and was diagnosed with PD in 1990. I too have had frequent cramping of my right arm , round the shoulder, and of the left foot. I like to go for a walk each morning, but unless I take my medication (Madopar ie levadopa, and deprenyl) half an hour before I walk, my leg soon starts to feel funny and then my left foot cramps and turns in at an angle. Sometimes, the foot is painful too. I believe this is called dystonia. For some reason, going up a hill, however slight, seems to make me more inclined to this cramping of the left foot. It is very disabling and very embarrassing, and I have no option but to sit down. It does not happen very often now because I make sure I have my tablets in good time before walking, but still occurs occasionally, especially if I am very tired. I am on 550 mgs of Madopar per day, usually every 2 hours. Best wishes and good luck to you. Robyn Lochore Mt Claremont West Australia. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BC38A0.EDC70FE0 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 eJ8+IjEOAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAENgAQAAgAAAAIAAgABBJAG AFABAAABAAAADAAAAAMAADADAAAACwAPDgAAAAACAf8PAQAAAFwAAAAAAAAAgSsfpL6jEBmdbgDd AQ9UAgAAAABQYXJraW5zb24ncyBJbmZvcm1hdGlvbiBFeGNoYW5nZQBTTVRQAFBBUktJTlNOQGxp c3RzZXJ2LnV0b3JvbnRvLmNhAB4AAjABAAAABQAAAFNNVFAAAAAAHgADMAEAAAAeAAAAUEFSS0lO U05AbGlzdHNlcnYudXRvcm9udG8uY2EAAAADABUMAQAAAAMA/g8GAAAAHgABMAEAAAAjAAAAJ1Bh cmtpbnNvbidzIEluZm9ybWF0aW9uIEV4Y2hhbmdlJwAAAgELMAEAAAAjAAAAU01UUDpQQVJLSU5T TkBMSVNUU0VSVi5VVE9ST05UTy5DQQAAAwAAOQAAAAALAEA6AQAAAAIB9g8BAAAABAAAAAAAAAOw RgEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNyb3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQSAAQANAAAAUkU6IENyYW1waW5n ACIEAQWAAwAOAAAAzQcDABgAFQA6AAIAAQBBAQEggAMADgAAAM0HAwAYABUAJAA1AAEAXgEBCYAB ACEAAABFN0Q3MUJDNjhBQTREMDExOUNFMTQ0NDU1MzU0MDAwMAD7BgEDkAYAbAUAABIAAAALACMA AAAAAAMAJgAAAAAACwApAAAAAAADADYAAAAAAEAAOQDgbaJjWzi8AR4AcAABAAAADQAAAFJFOiBD cmFtcGluZwAAAAACAXEAAQAAABYAAAABvDhbY5rGG9fppIoR0JzhREVTVAAAAAAeAB4MAQAAAAUA AABTTVRQAAAAAB4AHwwBAAAAEgAAAGxvY2hvcmVAY2EuY29tLmF1AAAAAwAGEGMRy2wDAAcQRQMA AB4ACBABAAAAZQAAAEpVU1RBTk9URUlOUkVTUE9OU0VUT0tFTkxBTkVTTEVUVEVSUkVDUkFNUElO R0tFTixJQ0FOQ0VSVEFJTkxZUkVMQVRFVE9ZT1VSRVhQRVJJRU5DRUlBTVJPVU5EVEhFU0FNRUEA AAAAAgEJEAEAAAD5AwAA9QMAANQFAABMWkZ1WVadeP8ACgEPAhUCqAXrAoMAUALyCQIAY2gKwHNl dDI3BgAGwwKDMgPFAgBwckJxEeJzdGVtAoMzdwLkBxMCgH0KgAjPCdk78RYPMjU1AoAKgQ2xC2Bg bmczMDgAUAsDbHhpMzYN8AtVFFEL8mMRAEAgSnUTwCBhIFRubxPQIAuAIBYQcwZwAiARsCB0byBL SQnwIEwAcGUnBCBsPxHAE9AFwBYQCoUFAGFtEnALgGcuHPIsIEk7HqADkWMEkAGQC4Bsea8cMQtg G+Ec0XkIYSAKhfhleHAGcQnwIAAfMB+gpx7QHDAIYG5kHMBoG/Dmcx7QG/BhZyPhBCAhQVcKhQBw I1B3JEFkBzBnFxvAEbAlMWkjcCBQROEcAjE5OTAiohzQHOA9EYB2HjYRgCNQA1BlcQcKUAIwHqcg b2YgbdEggWlnaBuBciLwH4DXIxMKhSNzaAhgbASBH4B/JRIpsSNyHbABgCiAJ3B0ayKiGdBrHLNn HOACEHLzJKYlQWxrIfAA0CZgBGDnBKAfAR+AYnUFQCMwHbD7BBEnQWEuESnhCoUHgCWQiR/AdGkC ICAoTShg7m8KsgiQHaF2MyMsVAqFRw2wE1AJ8HlsKSeRbO8pwAORK+EFwGINwAWwG/BfH6AvYh+A KeEdsGcKhXNvJ3ADoBPACsB0BCAc0Wb7CeADIGYjMDVgJQMjcQOg/zdzLUUeSgQgOeMIcAYxHBHf INA18hkBHbAfMFMDcBHA/QdyLCspLXIcAAQgCrALgP85gAMgJ2EiojaAGdAz0Byxbmg/UT9RH8Bs HbArFmTvE7ECIAcwHzBGBbE4QCPRPxYQJEACIB+ALnApcnVw3xuRQQBBkD5GK+B3QLE4If8Z0Cox H4ARsBPgOOMAwDGC7zGRNrEKhQuAYxnQHWAjUd8c4EDzKSos7AqFST8zRaH/IIAlkCOwAmApciUS S6MT4P5iCsAewAQQMEIkqR+gJ6L/G7EpoAUwMsIwkhzRAJAFQPkzMHduSskzMAeRG8Enkf5wIiAD oEujKbAT0AOgG8B+dwqFNoAfwBtgNtJG83O/CHA20k7DKeEBkR2xc0e3/y5hBHAcwAdxNnYvYjBH E8DjRLEKhW9jYwhwBCBZMfckQDLBQYF5H4AcUQWQBzH/IHEGkB+QJKYi8EujMrAWEdcipTLRGFAw KdBnWYEpwG8KhTMWIiElgGFaURtgdd9a40WSIIAR4DYyc0rGCoX+QgeQBUAD8SOAO/RWkwpAnmMv kCEUYN0IAGJ5HSHXWTAr4B4nTQVAQwtgFhDXBGACMAqFV2HSQRthHsDfGdBCsBotE1Ab0WMFQAqF BRUxAGowAAAAAwAQEAAAAAADABEQAQAAAEAABzCAyP5uWDi8AUAACDCAyP5uWDi8AR4APQABAAAA BQAAAFJFOiAAAAAAaZ0= ------ =_NextPart_000_01BC38A0.EDC70FE0--