Jenny--sounds like a little progress--keep up the good work! Jenny wrote: > An interesting thing though, I've been giving him Fava Beans, a lot >of them, I put them in cookies, meatloaf, soup, tons of different things, >and as he NEVER wastes anything, he has been faithfully eating it. The last >three days, he has all but stopped drooling, and we understand him better, >though he still shakes, etc. I find it interesting that he has even had >this small of a response, so it sure looks more and more like Parkinson's. >He knows this too, and this fact should help get him to a real doctor soon, >as we KNOW Huntington's doesn't respond like this. He actually told me >yesterday, "Hmmm... maybe it IS a dopamine problem, maybe it will help me >talk better." The closest we've gotten him to come to admitting treatment >will help, so we all feel we are making a LITTLE bit of progress.... > > Thanks for all of the great ideas from everyone, it has really >helped. Camilla Flintermann .. [log in to unmask] CG for Peter, 79/8 ( co-owner of CARE list) **__**__**__**__**__**__**__**__**__**__** * * * "IF THE ONLY TOOL YOU HAVE IS A HAMMER,* * EVERYTHING LOOKS LIKE A NAIL" * * ---Abraham Maslow * **__**__**__**__**__**__**__**__**__**__**