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Good morning Susan, If you need to talk to me, call me at 207 797 8488. If you need a PWP on your "team," I will try to help you figure out which PD medications seem to make sense, to the extent that I can. What caused your mom to be hospitalized? How old is she, and how long since the diagnosis? Any other medical conditions going on? The fact that she is SUDDENLY getting worse makes me wonder if she is overdosing on a PD drug. Maybe it's the requip (ropinerole)?? As far as I know, PD does NOT usually change SUDDENLY. Your mom might be having a toxic reaction to too many meds, or too much of one of them. LISTMEMBERS, what do you say?? Good luck today, Susan. Ivan ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 48/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 28 deg. F :-) ******************************************************************** On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 19:41:07 -0800 Susan Tomlin <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Hi, > >My mom ( Jane ) has been deterioating every day. She had a cat scan >done of >her brain today and it turned out normal. The Doctors now think that >it is >her Parkinson's that has suddenly gotten worse. And that it sometimes >happens with some people. Day by day she is going down. Tonite our >family >Doctor phoned to tell me those cat scan results and told me that they >have >decided to put in a feeding tube ( nose ). This morning they put in an >IV. >They are upping her sinemet 200/50 ( 1/2 tablet 3 times a day ? ). >They >have taken mom off Artane. If the sinemet doesn't work they will try >amantidine. Mom doesn't even know where she is anymore. She didn't >recognise a friend last night who came to see her. Physically she is >so >weak she can no longer move, her tremor is bad and she is soooo rigid, >and >she is very drowsey. Mom is now acute and I don't know if she will >even be >alive in a few days. > >Our Doctor is talking about mom's living will and if I will be able to >come >to the hospital at night if the time comes ( I'm in a wheelchair ). > >Is there any hope for my mom? She had trouble with most of the >Parkinson's >drugs including requip. > >Take care > >Bye for now > >Susan > > >To Email me: [log in to unmask] > >To see me: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/1391/index.html >