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Old 11-17-2006, 04:14 AM
K Hamilton K Hamilton is offline
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Location: Northwest Washington
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Almost all of my driving is with someone else in the car with me, or short, daylight trips in town. I don't drive on the freeway unless traffic is really light. I don't drive on a rainy night, period. And my wife is getting fed up with being the chauffer.

The driving with someone else is because of the Mirapex-sponsored sleep-attacks, the not driving at night is becaused I get too confused about which light is which, especially when the glare on the wet surface totally obscures the painted lines. And, when I get tired I get double-vision, which doen't help anything. This sort of stuff is the real part of the life of Parkinson's that gets to us. I feel especially sorry for those among us that show little or no tremor; the tremor serves as a ready sign of what is going on and you don't have to face disbelieving stares when you try to explain that you fell down because of PD, not alcohol.
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