Who Is Bill?

Born Sept 11th 1923 in San Francisco, California. Served in the Canadian Navy and in the U.S. Marines from May 1941 through 1945. Graduated from the College of Puget Sound in Tacoma Washington in 1955. Certified and licensed as a clinical hypnotherapist in later years, as well as studies in Neuro-linguistic Programming and Silva Mind Training. Presently studying Thought Field Therapy and Emotional Freedom Techniques by Gary Craig.

Spent many years as an organic farmer and gardener with a special interest in the nutritional needs of the human body.

Why This Site?

An Alternative Approach!

There are two very excellent sites for PD folks, specifically" Ask The Doctor" by Abraham Lieberman M.D., and " Ask The Dietician " by Kathrynne Holden M.S, R.D. The purpose of this site is to provide another approach where people with PD could explore other alternatives, that may enhance the quality of their life. While some of the information will be different, it is not meant to replace your doctor's advice, and you should always consult with him or her prior to trying any alternative process.

The medical community has no cure for PD, and they will tell you this. It was once suggested that a person got PD because of environmental reasons. Then it was considered because of genetic factors. Now they think it is possible that PD may be to caused by a virus, or a physical or emotional trauma. There are a lot of theories of there, but so far no solutions. It has been said that if you live to be 100 everyone would have P. D. because you lose 10 percent per decade of the cells whose loss is a contributing factor in the cause of PD. This doesn't make too much sense as some people are over 100 and don't have PD The truth is, nobody knows what causes the PD

My suggestion to anyone who has PD, listen to your doctor, get a second opinion to verify the diagnosis, take the recommended medications suggested to you by your doctor, and start educating yourself about your condition and alternative suggestions to enhance quality of your life. They won't cure, but they may help.

My first tremor started 18 years ago, and I tried all sorts of alternative treatments to no avail. About five years ago I was finally diagnosed with PD after first being diagnosed with essential tremor and lead poisoning and I was placed on Sinemet C .R. and told that I would be on it for the rest of my life. I was also told, that I would be constipated . Nothing was said about all the other strange things(symptoms) that kept happening to me. I had an old 486 computer which I played games on, and I knew nothing else about using a computer. So I got angry at the lack of information that I was given, and decided that the only way I was could find out what was going on, was to get an updated computer that was fast enough to handle voice recognition software, learn how to use it, and seek out all information that I could find, wherever I could find it.

I have been blessed with a wonderful lady physician, and finally a knowledgeable neurologist two years ago only to find out last month that he is retiring. So now I'll shall have to go and seek out another neurologist.

Remember, it's your life - take responsibility for it!

My biggest complaint with the establishment, is that there is no great amount of communication between your personal physician and your neurologist. It seems like a personal physician assumes that the neurologist told you want to do, and the neurologist assumes that your personal physician is going to tell you. The net result often times, is nobody tells you anything, so you have to get out there is search for yourself. Demand that these people tell you what's going on, after all it's your life.

The old adage that "The Dr. sits on the _self hand of God": is not sufficient anymore. Demand explanations and second opinions, Don't take " No " for an answer. It's your Life.

At the present time, I have many medical and alternative information sites coming in every day with information. If I find something that looks interesting and plausible, I will search for a second opinion, and with that information decide to investigate the new information or not If I decide to investigate, I start with a very low dose of the supplement, and listen to my body. If I get an adverse reaction I back off. But I always start small and work up.

You see, in my low 80's, I cannot afford to wait for a double blind study of say 5000 people over a 10 year period, for the medical professionals to come up with a cure.