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Pup what a good idea - I don't have a tremor but know it must be very frustrating Now I have a question. I prin ted a funny but sad little poem u had on tremor a while back to show to my pd friends. The question is can that be printed in our greater KC pd newsletter or do we have to have permission. Can anything from internet be reproduced from newsletters etc without permission? > ---------- > From: Giles[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Parkinson's Information Exchange > Sent: Sunday, March 15, 1998 7:03 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Tremor and reading > > My wife recently gave me a gift beyond price. > I at one time had been an avid reader. Mostly science fiction and > fantasy, > but I would teach myself new skills by reading. Little by little I > stopped > reading because I could not hold up the book without shaking so badly > that > I could not focus on the page. > Kristen brought home a book stand. A sturdy one with independent > spring > loaded clamps for the pages. I set it up with some doubt and placed a > book on it. With minutes I was lost in a world of dragons. Tears ran > down > my face as I found again the joy of reading. > > Try a book stand. make sure the clamps are powerful enough to hold a > large > number of pages but are easy to operate when your off. > Remember, as you read one side of the book is going to have more pages > than > the other. Take a large book with you and test the stand. If it won't > hold > down three quarters of the pages and still be easy to operate you will > wind > up being frustrated. > ---------- > > From: JoanD1234 <[log in to unmask]> > > Subject: Tremor > > I can't even read a > > book anymore because I can't shake my eyes fast enough to keep up > with > the > > shaking book. >