A slight tingle in my left thumb, followed by a clumsy left hand, loss of smell somewhere well before anything else.

C

Yesterday 22nd March 2010 i was listening to CBS news there was a article about Parkinsons and stem c ells on the front page,.a 59yr old man who had a weakand voice, impared his walking, and made his hand tremble. he was the first person to be treated with gene therapy in 2003 he said his symptoms gradually subsided. he said he feels great he swims ride s a bike and does everything anybody who is normal can do. it amazes me that Presedent Obama just passed theHealth bill an d the very same day they had an article about stem cells

My earliest symptoms so far have been severe tremors in my hands, my right worse than my left and my balance is way off. I was just diagnosed with this a week ago and I am still new and learning about it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks

hisknobs, you may want to scroll down the list of discussion topics for prior discussions on the same topic. I recall at least one lengthy discussion chain to which a relatively large number of people responded. :-)

twitching eye, and tremor in left arm ad hand, then muscle cramps in right leg

Hi Hisknobs. You had me thinking about my early symptoms. I'm not sure if it was the PD or not...it hasn't happened for quite a while... but sometimes when I was doing something that required a forceful grip, my hand would cramp then would go numb and I would have to concentrate on opening my fingers. For sure though, it was left hand tremour, insomnia, diminished sense of smell and bradykinesia on the left side also. It took a long time to tie my shoes or find my jacket sleeve hole.

Tremor in right hand, balance problems and a feeling that my right hand and legs were encased in stiff plastic.

Hi, my first sign of PD was a tremour of my right hand...

Dirk !!;O))

Thank you all for the feedback. I was just wondering if early symtoms are any indicator of future symtoms, like rate of progresion, frozen walk, most effective meds?

My first symptoms were tremors in my right hand and arm.
LJ

My first symptom was the dragging of my left foot.

My first symptom was a weakness in my right hand. At that time I did not realize it was a symptom of parkinson. Then people noticed that I had a limp and I became aware of dragging my right leg.

From what i have been told, early symptoms or not, it's all individual how quickly or slowly it progresses...

The non-tremor type of PD seems to be a more aggressive, faster-progressing type.

I'm not being rude, and l hope you dont take my answer in an uncaring way.

l will answer your question. I had a right leg tremor

What purpose is the question? I have PD you have PD, and we both don't want it, PD seems to grab anyone randomly, as their is no answer as to why some get it and others don't

PD effects everyone differently, l have learned what one person experiences, is not what someone else does . It is a totally shit disease!

The only thing you should listen to, is not why you have PD, but how and what do you need to do to win against this shit thing.

Exercise as much as you can , laugh lots, be positive, eat a good diet and don't stress at all (easy advise not easy to follow) and meditate with a belief that you will win the battle :)