I have, when there is too much tension in the right leg or I am tired,
i.e. have driven a long distance. I use the cruise control whenever I can.
At 08:38 AM 5/27/99 -0700, you wrote:
>When I am driving the car down the interstate and just cruising along, my
>right foot (on my PD-affected right side) oscillates at about 0.5 Hz,
>squeezing and releasing the gas pedal. It was very subtle at first, then
>got so that my wife finally said it was driving her nuts and would I please
>use cruise control. I never did this before Parkinson's, but my neurologist
>says it's too slow a frequency for tremor. My right arm tremors, but much
>more quickly. Has anyone experienced this sort of thing?
>
>Rick Hermann
>48/46
>
>
God bless,
Charlie
