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Ditto exactly and everything you said.

Except as it has gotten into the high 90’s here in FL, I’ve turned to paper. I re-use them several times, but my (cute!) (homemade!) cloth ones are just too hot right now.

Andrew, I think you are making some great points here. I don’t disagree with you; more I just want a multi pronged approach. I had a holistic doctor actually encouraged me to go on carbidopa levodopa because just like you said she said it would allow me to exercise which would ultimately help. Right now I feel like I’m on a little too much but tha…[Read more]

Bob,

Thanks for bringing this new study.

I’d read it and was going to post it here, but you beat me to it!… This could be a really BIG deal!… 🙂

Was also very excited by the study, but “years” is a bit depressing. I guess there are different stages of clinical trials, and it has to go through at least 4 before being approved.Maybe they can fast track it….

Hi all: Will stick my two cents in …

I totally understand the strong desire to avoid pharmaceutical dopamine replacement for PD  (I think this is part of the “denial” stage we all go through), but the medical studies do not support this as an effective form of treatment. It has been said you won’t die from Parkinson’s but with it. Dopamine…[Read more]

I was also going to post about the UCSD study (posted above by Bob Hodgson) that popped up last week on numerous health news feeds … This does appear to be very exciting news in that the researchers accidentally got mice to regenerate dopamine-producing neuron cells … all the mice recovered from their PD symptoms which never came back for the…[Read more]

Thank you, Michel! I agree with your stance: I am not against drugs, but my goal too is minimizing their use or using them as part of a larger strategy.

Thank you so much for checking with the moderators. It would be lovely to be part of a sub-group/community as we deal with all this. 🙂

Hi Kam

Thank you very much for your message.

My post has indeed triggered some interest from similarly minded people who consider non-pharmaceutical options as critical to our well-being. To be clear, I am not anti pharmaceutical drugs at all, but would like to delay taking them as much as possible and, if I have to take them, make sure that…[Read more]

Hi Carolyn,

It is interesting to look at acupuncture as a one of at least three approaches to meridians in traditional Chinese medicine (I’m still relatively new to this!). The recent events have made it more difficult to utilise acupuncture. Similarly, acupressure is something I would like to try but it’s a tiny bit off-limits right now.  The…[Read more]

Michel,

I’ve been reading your posts with interest — I was diagnosed almost a year ago and now trying to catch up more with the holistic stuff.  I had a period of feeling decent, but bit by bit, it has crept up on me and now I’m on levodopa. I got the flu in March and I guess it caused a chain reaction of inflammation because I then had to…[Read more]

Thanks for sharing that Bob! Plan to  get another scientific opinion on this…