At 01:31 PM 10/10/97 -0400, you wrote: >A special thanks to Barb Patterson for inviting me to post a message with this great group of friendly people. A special thanks to Jeff Jones from CARE for encouraging me to also post a message. I am a newbie with the internet and with caring for someone with PD. > >A short history: My mother was diagnosed with PD about two years ago. The doctors still have not found a drug combination which effectively controls her PD symptoms. The tremors and somewhat controlled but she falls an average of two to three times a day (no exaggeration). I am desperate to know and to just learn. As time passes, I will communicate more but for now I feel insecure about the internet and am learning from the postings. My mother is 73 years old and has given up on life. In time she will come around. We live in Sedalia, Missouri. > >Thanks for your time and interest. :-) > >Becky Hunt, [log in to unmask], caregiver 73/2 (hope this is right) > 72/25 that is right i fall more than that all i get lost a lot only live 3mi from the mall strait up the street. could find it but they move my home on me. last wed i fell out in the street which is very busy they cared mein the house as i could not walk. just laugh it off and saynext time i will show how drunk i can get. i have been thru your towen hang in their. [log in to unmask] com lima,ohio 72/25 I.Y.Q.don&vivian