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Hi Janice. Thanks for the suggestions. I find that the type of tourist i deal with up here are a bit on the ignorant side. Not all of them and not meant to be a put down. Just that they are very basic people and would probably be scared away with such an announcement. I think I will just have to deal with it. all the folks who work at the store I work in know about my diagnosis and I plan to educate them as best I can on what could happen so they wont get freaked. If worse comes to worse, I can just walk away for a while until I calm down. Thought about under the tounge xanex in a pinch but dont know how that would be with my other meds, or if I could paint an acceptable shirt after that! Ha! Ill check in from time to time this summer and keep you posted especially if I find some good ways to handle this. It should be an interesting summer! Jennifer Janice Morgan wrote: > Hi Jennifer, > I to am right handed and have tremors on my right side. Stress for me > brings on the tremors. I thought at first that I would say why don't you > post a sign stating that you have PD and that you get tremors when you get > stressed, but that may not work for you. I also take time to do a little > mediation to relax myself which has helped me. I do deep breathing and tell > myself to just relax. I did it once and it did help the tremors left me. I > have not had the same result when pills wear off. Janice > -----Original Message----- > From: Jennifer Smith <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 5:06 PM > Subject: Re: New to the list > > >Dear Dan, > >Welcome. I feel for your situation as I am an artist and right handed and > my > >first symptoms were in my right hand. Bad tremors later turning to > rigidity > >and tremors in whole right arm. Sinemet and Klonopin seem to relieve this > >completely. I was diagnosed just a few months ago so I havent been on the > >Sinemet for very long. My big fear is that we are about to begin our > summer > >season. I airbrush t-shirts in front of a crowd. Long hours and lots of > rude, > >hot and hostile tourists. Not all but enough to stress you out most any > day. > >Sinemet seems to lose its effectiveness when I get stressed so I will be > >interested to see how things go. I am however looking forward to getting > back > >to work. I may end up with two left hands as well, so if we ever meet, we > can > >do a high five instead of shaking hands! Ha! Glad you joined us. > >Jennifer > > > >Dan Parker wrote: > > > >> All, > >> > >> I'm new to the list. I am 49, was diagnosed with PD three years ago, and > >> refuse to slow down. Just got done working two years at an extremely > tense > >> construction project in Saudi Arabia, and now I'm headed for a job in > >> Mexico. So far, the PD is only affecting my right side (rats! I was > >> right-handed! Now I've got two left hands!), but the Sinemet works > fairly > >> well. Some days I can walk very proudly. > >> > >> I am interested in hearing from people with similar situations. How do > you > >> cope? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Dan > >