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Thank you so much to everyone who responded to my question about whether or not my 87 year old grandmother needed to be seen by a neurologist for her Parkinson's. I will be taking her to see a neurologist on July 2nd. Unfortunately, we're not in a large metropolitan area (she lives in Columbus, Georgia) and we don't have access to a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders. In fact, we only have four neurologists in this area (and one of them only does pediatrics). I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the neurologist the family practioner recommended can help her. I'm very concerned about her medication at this point, she was having so much trouble with confusion and hallucinations that they have cut her back to one Sinement CR 50/200 at bedtime and a valium. From what I've been reading in this group that doesn't sound right to me; however, at this point she's doing so much better cognitively that I have decided just to wait and let the neurologist (hopefully) get her medication on track. I did have another question - I know some of you have mentioned urinary frequency and I was wondering if anybody has experienced repeated urinary infections? My grandmother can no sooner get rid of one urinary infection than she's got another one. I was trying to figure out if this is connected with her Parkinson's or something else altogether. I very much appreciate this group. I'm learning a lot from you. Thanks, Lori Bauer