At 08:00 AM 11/3/97 -0500, you wrote: >This really caught my eye as my dad, 80/10, has always had cold hands. At >his last nero visit the doc was wondering if there wasn't something else >going on with him besides PD. He did blood work to rule out a form of >myasthenia gravis, which turned out negative. His major symptons are loss >of speech, excessive drooling and severe swallowing problems ( he has a >PEG tube). He started Mirapex yesterday so we'll see what happens with >that. I would welcome any info on MSA. Is it treated differently than PD? >Thanks in advance. Marcia > >Hi Marcia, You might want to check out the Shy-Drager support group. These are some of the syptoms my husband Dan has. Here's the URL. [log in to unmask] in the body type: subscribe