Re: The List

["Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <fivestar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Susan,
Welcome to the Parkinson Information Exchange list! I hope you'll feel
free to ask questions if you have any. If you do, it will help
listmembers to provide information if you will give your husband's age,
and how long it's been since he was diagnosed with PD, along with the
names of any medications he may be using. This is a very friendly and
knowledgeable group of people, and there's usually someone who can
provide information on just about any subject.
Best regards,
Kathrynne

Susan Schmidt wrote:
>
> Last night I could not sleep. My husband often wakes me up because he
> either cannot sleep himself or he is kicking me every few seconds until
> I am totally awake.  I decided to search for a place where I could get
> some kind of info on this disease called Parkinsons.  I am the care
> giver so I cannot begin to imagin what my
> husband is going thru, but I have to try.  I need all the information
> and feedback from people who are going thru the same things he is so I
> will be better able to help him.  So after much searching I found this
> list.  I admit I did not expect much so when I came home from work and
> saw 22 messages on my machine I thought Mercy, what have I gotten into?
> I have read all 22 messages plus and I want to tell you that I
> appreceiate the information  contained in each of them.  I feel better
> now that I have some source  that I can refer to  when things get too
> confusing .  I think belonging to this list will help me to
> understand my husbands situation much better.  Thank you all.
> Susan Schmidt




--
Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD
Medical nutrition therapy for Parkinson's disease
Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease"
"Parkinson's disease: assessing and managing unique nutrition needs;"
"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson'sdisease,"
J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999.