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David, I am going to miss my sparring partner for the next few months as I have the past month or so when you have been lurking. Moving is no fun- even across town as I did let alone half way around the world. Have a safe trip and stay healthy. I will be eagerly awaiting your return. Charlie David J Havard wrote: > > Dear list friends, > I will have to sign off from the list in the next day for some three to > four months because we are leaving Indonesia and will eventually end up > back in Norway. As far as the list goes this takes the numbers of > members in Indonesia to zero while raising those in Norway to one. > > I have been out of late mainly because of preoccupation with leaving > Indonesia. We have been here for three years on this our second > occasion. We leave behind many friends and memories. > > Just one or two comments on some of the recent postings. > > Magnets and coloured light: > Before being totally sceptical about some of these remedies, I > understand that in Scandinavia high intensity light, including light of > different colour, is sometimes used as a treatment for depression in the > dark cold months of winter! (when are we going? In the middle of > winter.) > > Voice dictation: > This note is written with IBM voice type. It is a bit of a pain and I > will be trying out Dragon dictate when we have returned to Norway. I > would try it now but it requires too much memory and my note book > computer does not have sufficient. I would say, however, that the IBM > system is getting better and I found that tweaking the sound card > settings and windows 95 can make a huge difference to the way the > programme runs. > > Pergolide: > I have given up the fight with Pergolide. I have never been comfortable > with it throughout the year since starting it in January as a sole > medication in my early Parkinson's. The PD has become slightly worse > through the year, mainly in restricted use of my right-hand for typing, > but also I am noticing more trembling particularly in the last month or > so. I tried to increase my dosage to 750 micrograms three times a day. > What I found was that every time I forgot to take one of the doses I > suddenly felt a lot better in myself. So I have decided to cut right > back and at the moment I am using 250 micrograms three times a day. My > hand seems worse but I feel a lot better. Yugoslavv > > Here I sit surrounded by furniture and things ready to be packed, and > look back over the last six months that I have been a member of this > list. Not very active apart from one duel with Charlie Meyer et. al. The > list is at the same time both frightening and comforting. Frightening in > what it shows for the future but comforting in seeing all of you > fighting and succeeding in still living a life. Particularly Don > McKinley-an example to us all. I gained strength from people like > Barbara Mallut who is still writing cogent letters allbeit with giggles > after so many years of this disease. > > I will be back and suspect that as time goes on I will become more > active in supporting this group. All the best for the coming months. > > Regards > > David -- CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. Middleton, WI [log in to unmask]