You may be facing REM sleep dsturbance. It is not uncommon in PD patients who lose whatever it is that inhibits us from acting out our dreams. I sing, laugh, fight and have conersations on many...
Simple exercises which you can do at home and are designed to strengthen the leg muscles and so prevent falls include: step ups - use a step of average height for a normal stair toe taps - to the...
Hi Spanishpd, Oh yes, we forgot to tell you to ease into exercise as our muscle tone seems to suffer from PD. When you throw off your hobbles do resume exercising as it is a good way of offsetting...
Hello Spanish PD, Beieve me you will know it when you have an off period. You feel the full effects of PD whatever your symptoms are. Being on is like being normal again. A number of things can...
My mum had breast cancer which went to her bones, the meds she was on caused her to be constipated from time to time. Going for a wek without a bowel movement is definately not good. The community...
Hi, I have just received a DVD titled, "Home exercise and movement advice for people with Pakinson's Disease". The DVD is produced by the VU University Medical Center, Department of Rehabilitation...
Hello, I am sorry to have been unresponsive lately but I was cut off from my LAN because somebody changed the pasword. Grrr The exercise programme is not on a website but on a DVD produced by a...
Hello GJGPWP, The Chinese Bi-Lingual Support Group in Sydney, Australia has produced a bi - lingual DVD of exercises suitable for people with Parkinspn's Disease. It is in Mandarin and Cantonese but...
Coco and Pebbles, I have just finished reading a book by Michael J Fox, the only one of his which I have liked. It is called A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future. The philosophy which he...
Hello,You could try "Parkinson's At Your Fingertips" Dr Marie Oxtoby, Profesor Aidrian Williams with Professor Robert Iansek Puiblished by Mc Graw Hillor"The Parkinson's Disease Treatment Book" J....
Parkinson's is sometimes called the designer disease- it affects everone differently. That is one of the frustrating things about it - we cannot say for certain how someone is going to be affected or...
Trog. WOW, I salute you and I will say no more....
Dear Trog I share your scepticism about the diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease based on a single symptom. To my knowledge there is still no diagnostic toool for PD and diagnosis is generally made by...
I have heard drivers veering their cars to the left but never people doing it while walking/running. I wonder if it is related to the loss of balance experienced in Parkinsons and is a right...
Hi, I was considerng DBS for my Parkinsons but found that it isn't appropriate for everybody - it depends on which symptoms you want controlled. Anecdotally, I note that people who have DBS eperience...
Hi, I can understand your disappointment at being underwhelmed with responses. I am a 59 year old man from Sydney, Australia and was diagnosed in 1995. I would be happy to chat to you....
Hello, I have just joined the chat room and am loking forward to chatting....