Hi Ally,
When he on the drugs it will help. With your dad it sounds like he has
more ridgity at first. the tremors will come later. I started falling at
first. The tremors came last Aug. With the ridgity will come a little later.
I fell it in my back and at times in my hands. The Sinemet drug helped my
hands. When your dad starts his drugs they will start him off slowly. They
can bother the tummy, but you get use to them. The best thing you and your
mother and dad can do is have a positive attitude, exercise I do yoga and
swim. Good luck with the nuro doc. Janice
-----Original Message-----
From: Ally Deale <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, November 04, 1998 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: New to group
>In a message dated 11/4/98 3:41:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>writes:
>
><< Hi Ally,
> My is Janice I have PD I was diagnosed last year in Aug. on my 50
> birthday. I have two sons 27 and 25 and a daughter 19. I am sorry to hear
> about your dad. I think it is great that you are willing to learn about PD
> and help your father. How old is your father? What meds is he on? You will
> like this list for it is very helpful. Hang in there Janice >>
>
>
>Thanks, Janice. My dad's (age 67) not on meds yet. He sees his neurologist
>soon. He went to a doctor recommended for what his first physician called
>depression. The new doctor said he didn't think it was depression, because
my
>father smiled and laughed. Over the year, he stopped smiling. It wasn't
that
>he didn't want to, or he wasn't happy, but it just seemed that he couldn't.
I
>wonder now if he will ever be able to again. I've missed it. Anyway, he
became
>more "stone-faced" and ...etc.etc. So, here we are, a year later and he
went
>back for his physical. My brother went with him, suspicious it was PD and
the
>doctor confirmed it. He goes to see the neurologist soon. Hopefully the
meds
>will help, but he's not very tolerant of medications. He gets sick easy.
Also,
>he doesn't have the tremors...and through the little I've read, I thought
that
>was fairly most common. Does that come on later?
>
>Sorry to ramble, but I have so many questions, so many concerns...
>
>I'm very glad I found this group!
>
>Thanks.
>ALI
>
