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I quite agree. I try to harass him as much as possible. I always come prepped with a list of questions, medical abstracts, etc., but you know, its difficult dealing with the medical establishment with its 15 minute scheduling of patients, etc. when you you're having a really "off" day. And I'm PART OF the medical establishment. The only time I really felt treated as a person rather than a patient was at an eval at Johns Hopkins. I almost passed out when the eminent neuro actually walked out to the waiting room to greet us. Carole H. --- Barb_MSN <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You're right on point, Carole, m'dear. Your MD > prolly never > thought of PD as "his/her problem. > > I cannot stress enough that it's up to *US* to MAKE > Parkinson's > Disease our physician's problem! And we keep on > bring the > proverbial "squeaky wheels" till there IS no such > thing as > Parkinson's any longer! > > Barb Mallut > [log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Carole Hercun <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 7:45 PM > Subject: ReQuip > > > >Thanks for the info. Narcolepsy should fit in > nicely > >with the rest of my symptoms. I guess that's what > my > >neuro means when he keeps assuring me, "not a > >problem." > >Translation: not HIS problem. Carole H. > > > >--- "J. R. Bruman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Carole Hercun wrote: > >> > While I have your attention, any other recent > >> > info re:Requip? Carole H. > >> > >> Nothing new that I recall offhand, except that it > >> seems to > >> be as good as Sinemet for early treatment of PD. > But > >> user > >> should probably give up driving a car. Cheers, > >> Joe > >> -- > >> J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 > >> 3527 Cody Road > >> Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013 > >> > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com