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Sherry, there is no magic formula for determining the speed of progression. if you were to poll each of us, odds are you wouldn't find two people with the same combination and level of medication.I have been blessed by a slow progression. in nine years i remain a 11/2 on the 5 scale.I remain confident that there will be a cure before my medications prove ineffective. I started out with sinemet, but was able to discontinue it when mirapex came along. i also take eldepyrl and amantadine. tht combo works well for me. Keep a positive attitude. As the song says ,"accentuate the positive--eliminate the negative-- hold on to the affirmative." If you want to talk further, e-mail me off the board murph brown 57/9 On Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16:18:05 EDT Sherry Macredes <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I am a 47 year old female who has just been diagnosed with PD. So > far I just > can use my left hand very well and get shakes when I try. My left > leg is also > starting to get the jittery feeling. Also there is the problem with > rigid > muscles which is the worst! I guess I don't have much to complain > about > except lack of information. The doctors (and I have seen many) > don't seem to > want to give you any info. I am starting the drug Mirapex and am > having some > difficulty with nausea, but since the dose is still not enough I > haven't > gotten any relief from my symptoms. Do any of you know anything > about this > drug and what I can expect? I have read everything I can find on > the web but > that is just too depressing. The doctors say don't worry you should > have > many years of productive living...somehow I just think they must > have told > that to Muhammed Ali too and we all know that he isn't exactly > productive. > What can I really expect? How long will I be able to continue to > work (I do > accounting and use the keyboard alot which is getting very hard to > do)? > Should I be planning for assisted care soon? I know these questions > are > unanswerable but I wish someone could give me a ballpark > figure...say 5-10 > years before you will require help with daily chores...or something! > I sure > all of you went through this period of confusion. During the day > my husband > and I discuss where we will put our backpacks on the next road trip, > at night > alone in my thoughts I wonder where we will put my wheelchair. My > husband > doesn't have a clue as to how bad this is, he just keeps saying when > you are > better and I don't want to tell him I never be any better. What do > you say? > Hey guy get real soon you will be changing my diapers! I would > appreciate > any answers to unanswerable questions, just so I can tell someone > who is > going through the same problems has already helped. Thanks