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WHAT WONDERFUL TIMING FOR YOUR "TASMAR" POSTING, CARMILLA. TALKED TO MY MAYO CLINIC NEURO YESTERDAY AND I AM STARTING TASMAR TODAY. LIVE UP THE MIAMI RIVER A BIT IN KETTERING--DIAGNOSED I985 AND CURRENTLY, SINCE NOV., HAVE BEEN ON AN "EVERY TWO HOURS WHILE AWAKE", ONE AND 3/4 SINEMET 25/100 AND 2 PARLODEL SCHEDULE. I HAVE HAD MORE DIFFERENT DRUGS, AND DOSAGE SCHEDULES THAN I CAN REMEMBER AND THIS LAST ONE HAS BEEN SIMPLE, RATHER EFFECTIVE, BUT IS LOSING SOME OF ITS JUICE. THE ONLY REALY NEGATIVE REACTION TO ANY OF THE PD DRUGS HAS BEEN REQUIP---THOUGHT I WAS WAS A GONER AFTER CONSUMPTION OF ONLY ONE TABLET. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES I COULD RELATE---TIME AND ENNUI WILL NOT PERMIT IT. JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT I JUST STARTED A SUPPORT GROUP IN KETTERING---WE CALL OURSELVES "THE AP.S. (ACTIVE PARKINSONIANS). WHILE MOST OF THE GROUP IS YOUNG (RECENTLY DIAGNOSED AND CHRONOLOGICALLY YOUNG), I QUALIFY FOR NEITHER DEFINITION, BEING A 13 YEAR VETERAN AND JUST TURNING AGE 65. WE HAVE ABOUT 10 COUPLES WHO MEET MONTHLY AT MY RESIDENCE FOR A VERY INFORMAL AND ,I HOPE, INFORMATIVE SESSION. THIS IS MY FIRST STINT INTO THE SUPPORT BUSINESS --NEVER WENT TO ONE BEFORE AND I AM STARTLED AT THE POSITIVE RESPONSES AND HOW MUCH THESE FOLKS LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE. AM GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE S.W. PARKIES FOUNDATION. I JUST BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I THNK I REMEMBER THAT YOU REDSKIN (WHOOPS--SORRY) MIAMI U FOLKS ARE BIG IN THE SUPPORT AREA AND CAREGIVER AREAS AND I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED. ENOUGH RAMBLING!!!!! IF YOU WISH, I CAN LET YOU KNOW HOW THE TASMARNIAN DEVIL AND I COMMUNICATE. DON BOYER