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I'm a newcomer to this site and also to Parkinson's, diagnosed only 1 1/2 years ago, and out of the 104 messages in my inbox this afternoon, I found yours to be the most inspiring Randy. Good luck with your goals. I too have problem with my voice (my major complaint at the moment), other than also losing my job at year's end. I've been riffed from Kaiser Permanente (US's largest HMO) here in Portland OR due to financial crunch (they say). As secretary in their Call Center, I was finding the .5 FTE to be too stressful for words! I'm interested in how many others find work stressful and how they handle it. I'm fine if left to my own devices to work on projects one at a time--but as a secretary, it's not very realistic... one is always juggled 10 balls at once. I have one or two more opportunities at Kaiser and then I may have to go for a disability. My doctor is willing to sign the paper, I just am not prepared yet to do so. I celebrated my big 60 just this past week! That plus the PD makes me an unlikely job candidate. Anyway, I'd be interested in corresponding with anyone who is fairly new to this disease, has any experiences with disability insurance in US or is from the Pacific NW. Cheers, Brenda Ambuehl [log in to unmask] age 60, randy ford wrote: > I've been off the list for about 4 months, and am now returning hoping to > find many words of wisdom and hope about the future. > I quit my job as an elementary vocal music teacher in May due to problems > with dealing with stress. Also, hard to be a vocal music teacher when you > are losing control of your voice and not able to play the piano anymore due > to tremor. > I AM hopeful....and to give myself a goal and focus for the future, I have > applied to start work on a PhD in psychology (my second PhD). My doc says > I'll be a candidate for a DBS in about 4 years. I hope that when I finish my > PhD program (about a 4 year time line) that there will be wonderful new > therapy or a cure so that I can re-enter the work force. > > Randall Ford > 45 yrs. old/dx 2 years/symptoms for 5 years > sinemet/permax/celexa/buspar/(and serevent/azmacort) > > Randall Ford > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com