I have a 79 year old grandmother who has had Parkinsons’ disease for the
last 16 years. She is a psychologist so she has been very active in her
treatment for this devastating disease. Up until the last few years,
she maintained an exercise program that involved yoga and walking on a
regular basis. She also believes that a injury to her head many years
ago contributed to her being afflicted by this illness. She seems to be
rapidly failing as of late, bordering on becoming Agrophobic, because she
has lost confidence in her health. Due to self induced stress, which I
am wondering if this isn’t a side effect of all the medication she is on,
she tends to freeze up and lose all control of body movement.
Consequently she is liable to just fall over. She has been hearing of a
new surgical procedure to treat Parkinson’s. If anyone has heard
anything I would love to hear from you. She is a very special person and
any information that I receive I would pass on to her. Thank you!
Her grandaughter,
Laurie
l…@henson.cc.wwu.edu
I have a 79 year old grandmother who has had Parkinsons’ disease for the
last 16 years. She is a psychologist so she has been very active in her
treatment for this devastating disease. Up until the last few years,
she maintained an exercise program that involved yoga and walking on a
regular basis. She also believes that a injury to her head many years
ago contributed to her being afflicted by this illness. She seems to be
rapidly failing as of late, bordering on becoming Agrophobic, because she
has lost confidence in her health. Due to self induced stress, which I
am wondering if this isn’t a side effect of all the medication she is on,
she tends to freeze up and lose all control of body movement.
Consequently she is liable to just fall over. She has been hearing of a
new surgical procedure to treat Parkinson’s. If anyone has heard
anything I would love to hear from you. She is a very special person and
any information that I receive I would pass on to her. Thank you!
Her grandaughter,
Laurie
l…@henson.cc.wwu.edu
Laurie Caskey (l…@henson.cc.wwu.edu) wrote:
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> Due to self induced stress, which I
> am wondering if this isn’t a side effect of all the medication she is on,
> she tends to freeze up and lose all control of body movement.
> Consequently she is liable to just fall over.
I don’t think so. This freezing up and losing control of body movement
is a normal consequence of advancing PD.
> She has been hearing of a
> new surgical procedure to treat Parkinson’s. If anyone has heard
> anything I would love to hear from you. She is a very special person and
> any information that I receive I would pass on to her. Thank you!
There are a number of surgical procedures available, some relatively new,
others not so new, so I’m not sure which one you’re referring to. Because
my wife has recently been diagnosed with PD, I’ve been quite interested in
the disease. I have a large collection of Parkinson’s-related links,
several of which give information on surgical and other treatments.
http://www.LM.com/~kholt/WebSampler/medical.html
This page also has a fair number of other medical-related links, included
a large section on cancer. (My wife had also had a mastectomy in late
winter 93-94.)
Ken Holt
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"Early music lover, word nerd, and computer junkie."
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In <3voa1q$…@ra.cc.wwu.edu> Laurie Caskey <l…@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
writes:
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>I have a 79 year old grandmother who has had Parkinsons’ disease for
the
>last 16 years. She is a psychologist so she has been very active in
her
>treatment for this devastating disease. Up until the last few years,
>she maintained an exercise program that involved yoga and walking on a
>regular basis. She also believes that a injury to her head many years
>ago contributed to her being afflicted by this illness. She seems to
be
>rapidly failing as of late, bordering on becoming Agrophobic, because
she
>has lost confidence in her health. Due to self induced stress, which
I
>am wondering if this isn’t a side effect of all the medication she is
on,
>she tends to freeze up and lose all control of body movement.
>Consequently she is liable to just fall over. She has been hearing of
a
>new surgical procedure to treat Parkinson’s. If anyone has heard
>anything I would love to hear from you. She is a very special person
and
>any information that I receive I would pass on to her. Thank you!
>Her grandaughter,
>Laurie
>l…@henson.cc.wwu.edu
LAURIE:
There are doctors performing fetal transplants. In our research
regarding them, it is no success story. There is an alternative
treatment that as been very effective in treating and even reversing
the disease. Some researchers believe that current L-dopa treatment is
addictive, causes constant increases in dosages, which eventually leads
to death caused by the treatment. We concur with that hypothesis. In
any event there is an alternative treatment producing unbelievable
results. Contact Global Health Information and Medical Research
Institute GHI/MRI at 813-978-9605. There is no charge for this
information, GHI/MRI is a non-profit Organization.
JK
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