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Since this is my first experience w/ a listserve, I must say it's impressive to get such quick response to my 'neck tightness' question! I am having my daughter, Barbara, post my questions on her husband's e-mail account (Richard Doyle) -- the real me is (female!) Pat Ballard (retired librarian) -- from the city that drinks so much coffee the whole place has the shakes. I hate to say that I was happy to hear some other people had my same symptoms -- but when you've been told by a neurologist that your symptoms are 'vague' (maybe to him!) -- it is comforting to hear others out there also have tight necks, headaches, etc. A friend of mine's father (now deceased), who had Parkinson's, described it as feeling like a balloon was being expanded within his skull. So now there are at least a handful of us -- not so vague, if you ask me. For those of you concerned about quick consultation w/ a cardiologist, I am currently seeing both a cardiologist and a neurologist -- they are busy trying to pass the buck to each other. Kind of a tweedle dum/tweedle dee thing. They point at each other as the solution to the problem, and deny that they can do anything. *** Here's my best quote: I was working on a Leggo castle with my 6 yr old grandson late in the evening. We were both tired. "Gram, your hand's shaking!" "Well, I have Parkinson's disease." "Oh. At least you don't have headlice or the flu!" *** Keeping things in perspective in Seattle, Pat Ballard