Muscle retention in PD

[Pelley]

I have been riding a relatively good streak since DBS 6 years ago. Recently my right side muscles, bicep and my leg have become severely compromised. My bicep looks like I survived WW2 prison camp! (NO DISRESPECT INTENDED). I am active with yoga and yard work etc. I can't lift my grandchildren........ This has come on rapidly and I need to arrest it and regain

[ddmagee1]

That part of PD I don't like! Losing muscle mass is disconcerting! Actually, I don't like anything about having PD. It has turned my life upside down! The reality is that it is what it is, and I have to adjust!

[Pelley in reply to ddmagee1]

It’s just that I have never experienced that rapid of progression in 16 yrs since dx. It even had made me not want to wear short sleeves!

[Parkie- in reply to Pelley]

Well, if this makes you feel any better, I am not even two years since diagnostic and I have to wear long sleeves because of loss muscle masse. And although I don’t have grandchildren, I cannot lift my 16 pound dog. I wish I had 16 years after diagnosis before that happened to me...

[Pelley in reply to Parkie-]

It is what it is. That’s why we’re here for support...... to give as well as seek.