shydrager

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Pam Bower Thanks for your

reply and the information sites.....very helpful.Lorraine will be 79

this July and me 81 in Aug. She never had a tremor but had orthostatic

hypotension even before the Parkinson's diagnosis and never bothered her

until she got so much worse after knee replacment surgery in 1997. Then

wasdiagnosed 2 yrs. ago after an incident when trying to get her up in

the AM,would not respond (said later she could hear us but could not

move; she was hospitalizedand after CAT scan, MRI and other tests her

neurologist said; shy-drager rather than Parkinson's after treatment

for PD for about 12 yrs. She gets so rigid she can no longer walk

without help or uses wheelchair. has had numerous falls trying to get up

without help& several broken bones. So we have help here most of the

time partly due to my problems too. Lorraine seems to be so tired and

weak all the time and often keeps her eyes closed and now speaks so soft

and low ,I can hardly hear (we both have hearing aids too). She had

urinary problems (frequency & UTI's but has had some help with

macrodantin (continuing) and Detrol. For the OH using florinef and

proamatine; for constipation, stool softner, 2!/2 senokot tabs daily;

bran flakes too Well, I hope I havn't bored you too much with all

this rambling. Thanks again.