hi all
At 10:57 1999/02/26 EST, karen wrote:
>I would like to introduce myself. I joined this list because my
>67 year old father was just diagnosed with PD. So far he only his
>hands shake. Although he has excellent health care, I thought that
>I could learn a little bit about how he can cope with PD from others
>who deal with it daily better then from some book or Doctor.
>Any suggestions for someone who was just diagnosed with PD?
>Thanks for your help!!!
i'm glad your father has excellent health care
and hope that it continues
sadly there is a lot of general ignorance about pd out in the real world
and we have to learn to be our best advocates
in dealing with pd as it progresses
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for the first year newly diagnosed person with parkinson's
[regardless of their ages]
i recommend reading:
1. "An Algorithm For Managing Parkinsons Disease"
[search the pd list archives using BX: ALGORITHM] at:
<http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/>
and
2. "Psychosocial Factors In The Treatment Of Parkinsons Disease"
[search the archives using PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS] at:
<http://james.parkinsons.org.uk/>
and
3. "The Young Parkinson's Handbook"
by Arlette Johnson and originally printed by
The American Parkinson Disease Foundation at:
<http://www.apdaparkinson.com/>
and at the Harvard neurological site:
The Parkinson's Web
<http://pdweb.mgh.harvard.edu/>
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you can also search our gold-mine of archived messages
[every message ever sent in since november 1993]
for specifics such as the nicotine patch
if you need any help with searching
just let me know
janet
janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada
<http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm>
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