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Carole - I ( and many others, if not most on this list) share your fear. I believe that we talk about it very little because of the strength of the fear. Both my husband and my neuro make light of my concerns in this area and each tells me I seem fine to him, but I recognize signs that my competence is diminishing too quickly. The most evident sign is my inability to remember what pills I have taken. I have a chart; I try to remember to write down every time I take a pill and can't seem to do so. And sometimes I write it down but forget to take it. ANd there are other signs as well. I don't know what to do about it. I try to work at intellectually challenging activities to keep me "sharp". I am taking Italian lessons, and landscape design classes at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I also volunteer at the Enabling Garden there but don't know how much any of it helps. Any insight you or anyone else has on this subject would be much appreciated.. Nancy Shlaes deGrazia (62/57) Carole Hercun wrote: > Amen, Ken. Love the medical journal info the > Listmembers provide. Know it is absolutely vital to be > well-informed re: this damned disease. Sort of along > the lines of lines of what one of my favorite people, > a psychiatrist from Haiti, used to tell me. The devil > that you know is always preferable to the one you > don't know. Its just that sometimes, especially late > at night, or early in the AM, while waiting for the > Sinemet to kick in and reading my e-mail, my biggest > fear also kicks in That the PD, or the meds,or both, > will leave me demented. As a psych nurse, I've been > there, seen that. Its just not fair for a disease to > have the capacity to affect you both physically And > mentally. And don't tell me I'm feeling sorry for > myself. I know that and I don't care. Not this morning > anyway. > Carole Hercun > 53/51/45 > > --- Ken Rowland <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Has anyone heard of a person having PD & > > Alzheimer's, too? It would be nice if PD > > people were exempt from Alzheimers. If I were God, > > I'd make that rule. > > > > Ken Rowland > > [log in to unmask] > > http://freeweb.pdq.net/kenrow/ > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com