Guest guest Posted April 5, 2002 Report Share Posted April 5, 2002 Hello all, Since my mom was just diagnosed last Spring and I am relatively new to this site, I am really just beginning to learn about MSA. Mom has a good neurologist and primary care physician. I am in regular contact with her physician and I sometimes wonder how much she knowledge she has on MSA. She regularly refers to my mom's " Parkinson's " rather than calling it MSA- am I being too sensitive? I am under the impression that people diagnosed simply with Parkinson's disease don't have such acute and serious symptoms as people with MSA. From what I've read, people with MSA may have a shorter life expectancy and may need many more services/special equipment than the average person living with Parkinson's. Feel free to offer any words of wisdom on this subject (lay terms rather than a heavy scientific explanation would be more helpful for me at this point!). Many thanks, Noreen S (myweller) in CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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