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---------- > Fra: Audrey Mansfield <[log in to unmask]> > Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Emne: New member/ Tips on working with PD > Dato: 11. maj 1997 03:08 > > I am new to the group. I would like to say hello and to tell you how > wonderful it is to have found you. > > I am a 57 year old women diagnosed with PD in October of 1996. I probably > shuffled around with it for about 2 or 3 years before it was labelled. I > had a frozen shoulder, foot problems and tremors in my left hand and foot. > All the problems have been on the left side. After a definate diagnosis my > husband and I took a very dear friend out for lunch to celebrate life. We > decided we will enjoy all the good days to the utmost. I have found some > positive aspects to this disease. Just to name one, it has helped me put > things in proper prospective. > > I take sinemet 4 times a day, 10/100. Because of other health problems I > take 5 different prescription drugs a day. > > I still work full time which is 36+ hours a week in 4 days. I work with > large and small groups of students helping them learn accounting in a > community college. A co worker drives me to work and back each day. > I am so tired at the end of the day that I am afraid to drive. > > Does anyone else in the group with PD work full time. If so, do you have > any tips that may enable me to continue to work for as long as possible. > Any ideas would be appreciated. > > By the way, I stopped smoking about 18 years ago after smoking for a > great many years. When I stopped I was a heavy smoker. Hello Audrey. Welcome to the list, I`m 58 diagn.- 3 1/2 years ago, sorry to tell, men I still smoke - and enjoy it :-) Best wishes Sonia Nielsen NEVER GIVE UP