Originally Posted by ol'cs

I used to be a pretty sturdy fellow , worked moderately hard during life, max 240 pounds and quite physically able. T'was this summer, when my daughter told me that I appeared to be getting thin, that I had to really look at myself in a mirror to see that my now 165 pounds translates into muscle wasting and fat loss, directly attributable to PD. At least I think it is,and although I force myself to "overload" what muscular capabilities I have left in order to try to stop or slow my muscular atrophy, it is undeniably a part and parcel of some manifestations of symptoms as we progress. None of us are spared the loss of muscular power, as we naturally come to the conclusion of a life with PD. It may take 20 or more years to become evident for us young onsets, or can come on very quickly, in certain "Parkinsonism" diagnoses. Gotta keep movin! Cd