Of course you then have to factor in the humidity.

>From: "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
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>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia
>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:53:12 -0700
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>I think any temperature that is 90+ degrees is just too hot!  :-)
>
>Claudia
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:50 AM
>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia
>
>
>>And I thought 94 was bad!
>>
>>>From: "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia
>>>Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:06:31 -0700
>>>
>>>Ray, thank you for your generous spirit.
>>>
>>>I haven't been on this list for very long so I don't know the historical
>>>threads of most of the posters.  But I see your posts regularly and they
>>>are
>>>always interesting and knowledgable.  I really appreciate the info you
>>>provide all of us.
>>>
>>>It seems the subject of chemicals in the environment being a potential
>>>cause
>>>of PD comes up more often and in respected and credible sources.
>>>
>>>I live in Southern California (15+ yrs) but spent all of my childhood and
>>>part of my early adulthood in a farming community in Kansas.  Between our
>>>house and the closest neighbor there was a huge vegetable garden (it was
>>>commercial and the owner was what we called a "truck farmer" meaning he
>>>took
>>>the harvested vegetables to an open air market and sold them from the
>>>back
>>>of his truck).
>>>
>>>All that was before the time they learned that DDT was harmful to one's
>>>health.  I can recall many, many times when they dusted the crops with
>>>DDT
>>>so heavily it left a white powder on the plants and the wind carried much
>>>of
>>>it to our yard.  If I think about it now I can still recall the  awful
>>>smell
>>>and taste it had when I breathed.
>>>
>>>Now, of course, I wonder if it had an impact on my PD.  I am 60 now and
>>>was
>>>diagnosed when I was 54.
>>>
>>>Ironically the researchers are also following the possibility that
>>>environmental chemicals may be the cause of Sarcoidosis.
>>>
>>>If it proves true, then I must have gotten a "double whamee".  No one
>>>else
>>>in my immediate family have been diagnosed with either disease. But my
>>>father had a serious lung condition (not related to smoking) and when he
>>>passed away the death certificate simply said the cause of death was
>>>chronic
>>>obstructive pulmonary disease.  My oldest brother (2 yrs younger than me)
>>>had serious asthma and other lung problems all his life.  At age 56 he
>>>died
>>>suddenly of a massive heart attack.  The dr. thought the strain of asthma
>>>and related breathing disorders may have weakened his heart along with
>>>his
>>>lungs.
>>>
>>>I have a sister a couple of years older than me who has no lung problems
>>>but
>>>she was a very "girly girl" when she was a child and spent most of her
>>>time
>>>inside the house with my mother and was not exposed to the DDT to the
>>>extent
>>>my brother, father and I were.  I have two brothers who are much younger
>>>than me and both have had minor asthmatic bouts but by the time they were
>>>born DDT had been banned.
>>>
>>>Sort of makes you think, doesn't it.
>>>
>>>In addition to the Sinemet I take Requip.  I don't know if it is one of
>>>the
>>>agonists that have caused PDers to gamble.  But I may try that out as an
>>>excuse to my husband for my desire to trek to Las Vegas every few months.
>>>:-)
>>>
>>>Hope all have a wonderful day.  It is supposed to hit triple digits here
>>>AGAIN!  It was 118 one day last week.  I don't want to hear about how
>>>it's
>>>not so bad because it's a "dry heat"..118 deg. is 118 deg.!
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Claudia
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:33 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia
>>>
>>>
>>>>Claudia, I for one am interested in your condition.    You deserve to
>>>>complain as much as you like. It is just another reminder that PD is not
>>>>the
>>>>only disease one can get.  I know when I survived cancer I thought I was
>>>>'home free"  Ha! Ray, wondering when the next shoe will drop.
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:16 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>For what it is worth, I once had a neuro-surgeon tell me hat M. Ali did
>>>>>not
>>>>>have PD, but rather he had a disease called Shy Drager's Disease and ir
>>>>>was
>>>>>indeed caused by too many blows to the head. Although I got the
>>>>>impression
>>>>>that other's can get it without having had all the blows.  In fact, for
>>>>>a
>>>>>brief time they thought I had it.  One of the diagnostic symptoms is an
>>>>>extreme drop in blood pressure, especially when first standing up.  I
>>>>>do
>>>>>have PD but the symptoms of Shy Drager turned out to be caused by
>>>>>another
>>>>>disease I had but had not yet been diagnosed.  It was sarcoidosis.
>>>>>It's
>>>>>a
>>>>>fairly rare auto immune disease that nearly always impacts the lungs
>>>>>then
>>>>>can go to any organ in the body.  For some they have one episode and
>>>>>then
>>>>>it
>>>>>never returns.  For others it is either intermitent or chronic.  The
>>>>>sarcoidosis was attacking my bone marrow and filling the space with
>>>>>small
>>>>>tumors (granulomas) thus leaving no room for me to produce new red
>>>>>blood
>>>>>cells.  That caused the extreme low BP and also serious anemia
>>>>>requiring
>>>>>blood transfusions.  It is always hard for me to know if any new
>>>>>symptom
>>>>>I
>>>>>have is PD related or the sarcoid rearing it's ugly head.  The sarcoid
>>>>>also
>>>>>precludes me from participating in clinical trials.  They don't want
>>>>>you
>>>>>if
>>>>>you have more than one disease.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm sure this is much more info on sarcoidosis that any of you are
>>>>>interested in, but it's one of those sleepless nights and I allowed
>>>>>myself
>>>>>to blabber on about a subject not related to PD.  Sorry, I'll try to
>>>>>have
>>>>>more self control in the future.
>>>>>
>>>>>I wish you all peace of mind, the serenity to accept your condition and
>>>>>the
>>>>>ability to laugh at the arrows life shoots at us.
>>>>>
>>>>>In the laugh area, a while back there was a country singer who had a
>>>>>song
>>>>>called "What Really Turns Me On is the Shake".  I always thought that
>>>>>should
>>>>>be the PD Anthem!
>>>>>
>>>>>Claudia
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:31 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>Also, what about Muhammad Ali's too many blows
>>>>>>>to the head?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I should think. M. Ali has traumatic parkinsonism.
>>>>>>Rotenone is used to induce PD in mice
>>>>>>Maryse
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