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At 12:31 AM 9/12/97 -0400, you wrote: >Bobby Harley, > >To me, and apparently to you also, the absolute worst part of this disease >is its effect on speech. I could handle the bradykensia and other problems >much better if I could make myself understood just a little better. >Unfortunately, it's going the other way. I tried regular speech therapy, >which didn't work. The Lee Silverman Speech Therapy program has gotten >100% positive reviews on this List. I intend to pursue that. I am also >interested in this new injection technique I hope we'll be hearing more >about. We've got to keep at it; can't give up this early in the game. >Unlike you, I force myself to use the phone because not using those vocal >cords can only be detrimental. I actually chuckle when people (who I don't >know) can't figure out what the hell I'm trying to say - some kind of >perversion, I'm sure. I've only had one person hang up on me, though - a >nurse in the Neurology Department at the East Orange, NJ VA Hospital!! But >my 79 year old mother, who is just slightly hard of hearing, cries because >she can't understand me > >The biggest problem and saddest part of not being able to speak is not >being able to meet new friends. Impossible. People who have known me work >at it. We would like to move out of this high cost area ($7,000/yr in real >estate taxes on a 2,500 sf house) but I'm afraid, really afraid, to move. >I would never make another friend - who didn't have PD. So, I think we >just have to follow all the leads. > >Thanks for your info.& understanding Bruce . I really appreciate your kindness .Bobby