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I write to the list since Barb was kind enough to make me welcome and =
suggest that I my introduce myself. I decided to subscribe to the list =
to find out what might be new and worth knowing about the Parkinson =
condition and I find lots of folks seem to be ? worse of than myself. I =
am 66 years old and I suffered a stroke in 1993, I was lucky, it took =
time but I got things together again and eventually with lots of physio =
I learned to walk again and do things but I had to retire from =
working,(I was a Building Surveyor) that's when depression set in. The =
stroke left my left side disabled to some degree and I seemed to be left =
with a tremor in my left hand, no one took any notice of that at the =
time as I had bigger problems. Two years ago I was finally diagnosed =
with Parkinson however, just then I entered Hospital because to top =
things of for me I hade a tumour at the entry to the stomach and so once =
more this was worse than the Parkinson problem and no treatment was =
commenced for a another year. I had six month of chemo therapy and for =
the time I seem to be clear of that ( my oncologist say's I am 18 month =
past my use-by date!) So the treatment for the Parkinson decease has =
only started this year and as I am also on other medication I am =
starting to rattle and I suppose every one knows that every medication =
needs another to fight the side effects of the first. What I find =
difficult is the fact that Parkinson not only causes the trembling but =
so many other things which I did not recognise and many of my symptoms =
are confused with the after affects from my stroke. The absolute worse =
in all this I find is the depression I suffer and then again sometimes I =
think the Prozac is worse than the decease, or is it? Two years ago when =
I went down with the cancer my dog died and that did not help but now I =
have a new dog again and started to go walking again,(very slowly).
When I look at the list I find every one seems to be from the US of A so =
I leave you with a smile:
A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation.
There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off
his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields=20
that are at least twice as large." Then they walk around the ranch a=20
little, and the
Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, "We=20
have
longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows."=20
The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan
sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field.
He asks, "And what are those?" The Aussie replies with an=20
incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas?
Paul Turloff.
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<DIV>I write to the list since Barb was kind enough to make me =
welcome and=20
suggest that I my introduce myself. I decided to subscribe to the list =
to find=20
out what might be new and worth knowing about the Parkinson condition =
and I find=20
lots of folks seem to be ? worse of than myself. I am 66 years old =
and I=20
suffered a stroke in 1993, I was lucky, it took time but I got =
things=20
together again and eventually with lots of physio I learned to walk =
again and do=20
things but I had to retire from working,(I was a Building Surveyor) =
that's when=20
depression set in. The stroke left my left side disabled to some degree =
and I=20
seemed to be left with a tremor in my left hand, no one took any notice =
of that=20
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size=3D3>Two </FONT><FONT size=3D3>years ago I was finally diagnosed =
with Parkinson=20
however, just then I entered Hospital because to top things of for me I =
hade a=20
tumour at the entry to the stomach and so once more this was worse than =
the=20
Parkinson problem and no treatment was commenced for a another year. I =
had six=20
month of chemo therapy and for the time I seem to be clear of that ( my=20
oncologist say's I am 18 month past my use-by date!) So the treatment =
for the=20
Parkinson decease has only started this year and as I am also on =
other=20
medication I am starting to rattle and I suppose every one knows that =
every=20
medication needs another to fight the side effects of the first. What I =
find=20
difficult is the fact that Parkinson not only causes the trembling but =
so many=20
other things which I did not recognise and many of my symptoms are =
confused with=20
the after affects from my stroke. The absolute worse in all this I find =
is the=20
depression I suffer and then again sometimes I think the Prozac is worse =
than=20
the decease, or is it? Two years ago when I went down with the cancer my =
dog=20
died and that did not help but now I have a new dog again and started to =
go=20
walking again,(very slowly).</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT>When I =
look at the=20
list I find every one seems to be from the US of A so I leave you with a =
smile:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation.<BR>There he meets =
an=20
Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off<BR>his big =
wheat =20
field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields <BR>that are at =
least=20
twice as large." Then they walk around the ranch a <BR>little, and=20
the<BR>Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, =
"We=20
<BR>have<BR>longhorns that are at least twice as large as your =
cows."=20
<BR>The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan<BR>sees =
a herd=20
of kangaroos hopping through the field.<BR>He asks, "And what are=20
those?" The Aussie replies with an <BR>incredulous look, =
"Don't=20
you have any grasshoppers in Texas?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Paul Turloff.</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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