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Hey George-- glad you're back to PD normal"--that was a BAAAAAD trip! No experience with general to share, tho-- SNIPPED >6 days I felt miserable.Nearly every PD symptom >I've ever known returned for an extended visit. My balance was way off, my >tremor was very active, my ability to walk came apart as did my speech and >my ability to drive a car. My ability to eat as well as my appitite became >a problem. My head throbed and I was stiff and rigid. Each night I was up >every 1 or 2 hours to empty out a bursting bladder. My standard PD meds >could not keep up with the out-flow as I tried to rehydrate my dryed out >system and to wash out the long lasting drugs from the general anesthesia >To say that I was depressed is to state the obvious. How low was I? I had >to unlace my shoes to see! What was by far the worse for me was the fear I >had at my very >core; that my sinking ship would never right itself. It turned out to be >only an awake nightmare Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 79/8 Oxford, OH [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ask me about the CARE list for* * Parkinson's caregivers ! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *