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- It sounds so simple to take meds on time consistently but many a dinosaur like myself try to do this without a timer. I recently had someone show me how to use the alarm setting in my smart phone. Now I track every three hours. This helps me to...
- I recently attended a presentation by two neuro docs a surgeon and a movement disorder specialist sponsored by Medtronics at our monthly support meeting. In the past I had heard that Deep Brain Stimulation surgery was a last resort when you max out...
- I had stopped into a Duncan Donut for a cup of coffee. My head was rolling form the dyscanisea symptom, very recent and usually only when I am fatigued. My eyes were looking back and forth between the menu and the young girl behind the counter. ...
- I have recently got new glasses no line bifocals. I am finding that the sweet spot to read with is hard to keep focused with my head rolling back and forth. any help out there to keep my head still?
- I went into a coffee shop to pick up a cup of joe to go. As I am looking back and forth between the help and the menu on the wall I did not notice that my head was spinning small circles. The girl behind the counter saw this and started to...
- I found the Lenores' post a great starting point for a discussion regarding how much information about cognitive symtoms of PD is too much. Robin Williams, Depression, Suicide and Our Shared ParkinsonsLike millions of others, Ive been so sad...
- I do not sleep well. I don't lay down until 1-2 am and then I am wide awake at 4 for an hour or so back to bed and have trouble getting up for work by 8am. i have been taking zolpidem generic for ambien 10 mg at 10pm. Now the neurodocs are...
- I had a bad experince yesterday. When i woke in the morning I felt phlem in my throat I could not clear. If I tried to cough it up I felt like I was chocking and couldn't breath. I f I tried to swallow it would not go down. I called my Doctor who...
- My team Young onset of Westchester / Bronx raised over $19,000.00 US and ranks us in the top ten fund raisers nationally. Through the fund I met Michael J. Fox and May May Ali, Mohamed Ali's daughter. I have been shamless in asking friends family ...
- Today I finished a three day Parkinson"s Study . For this research at Mount Siani New York I wore two wrist watch motion detectors and kept an hourly log of medicine timing, on time, off times, diskensias, sleep problems. etc. It made me more in...
- April 26, 2014 is the New York city central park walk. It is only a mile and a quarter long. To all my friends here on DS if anyone is going to be in NY and would like to join my team from our local support group Young onset of westchester /...
- 12 years ago before I was diagnosed with PD I stopped into a barber shop I had never been to before. There was a big glass store front and a space right in front. I slid right into to his chair. He carefully put the smock around me and proceeded...
- Yesterday I participated in a research project sponsored by the Michael J fox trial finder. I had a punch skin biopsy taken which will be used for stem cell research. There are lots of studies looking for people with pd that need volunteers. I...
- HAS ANYONE FOUND RELIEF FROM SOAKING IN A HOT TUB. SITTING IN A SAUNA OR A STEAM ROOM. I LEARNED THAT IT IS VERY BAD FOR PEOPLE WITH MS, HAS ANYONE SUFFERED INCREASED SYMPTOMS FROM INCREASED BODY TEMPERATURE?
- I have found that as I spend time on the water, usually fishing, I find it improves my balance while I am on the water and for a day or so after. Has anyone else with pd found this also. I know it might just be, that I am getting to do what I...