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rachenitsa

Female, 58 years
Albany, NY

rachenitsa: Sex: F; Data Quality: 3 stars; PD: 13 yrs; Hoehn-Yahr 3; Mouth/throat: mild; Arms: mild; Chest: mild; Legs: mild; See profile

Member since: 02/08
Last updated: 12/17/08

Diagnosis Summary
Onset: Problems Walking
First symptom: 01/96
Diagnosis: 11/05

Forum Activity
1012 posts 130 helpful marks

About Me
BA in anthropolgy with a minor in music 1973. Spent one year on Cyprus collecting traditional folk dances. From university days to the present my avocation has been the performing and teaching of folk dance. To support this habit, I worked at a privately owned, but widely known hotel for 27 years. Had to leave employment when symptoms became too limiting. Somewhere in all this I found the time to raise a wonderful and supportive son (age 34)!

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Parkinson's Condition

PDRS: 22 (latest: 12/15/08)

Progression rate percentile: 5-10th (rapid); 10-25th; 25-75th (average); 75-90th; 90-95th (slow)

Weight: 135 lb (latest: 12/14/08)

BMI: obese; overweight; healthy; underweight

Treatments

Prescription Drug

Reasons Taken: treat my PD; general health; specific symptom; other

Over The Counter Drug

Lifestyle modification

Symptoms

Primary Symptoms

Severity of Symptoms: none; mild; moderate; severe

Secondary Symptoms