Hey Wendy: There are others like yourself, I got PD at 29. I can dig where
your coming from, dudette. Just kidding, us baby boomers have warped
senses of humor.

At 08:32 PM 12/4/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Hey Joan!
>
>I agree with you.  I love country (and I've taken alot of abuse for that),
>classical, new age,
>big band, jazz, etc.  I was just being a bit obnoxious there, part in fun,
>and part to emphasize the age variations that really do exist with pd.  No
>offense to anyone, but the first few visits I ever had with my neuro, I felt
>like I should be there accompanying my grandmother or something, rather than
>being there for myself.  Also, the average age of those in my YOPD support
>group which I attended monthly, was still probably about 20 years ahead of
>me.  Like I've told people before, ya never see any literature from the
>national pd groups or anyone else (altho' gratefully  that is changing),
>that gives someone advice on subjects such as "How to tell your prom date
>you've got pd", etc.  Most of it's still about how to tell your children and
>grandchildren, or say, how to get the most from medicaid, or whatever.
>
>I'm not complaining here, we each have our own perspectives and relevant
>concerns, all equally valid,  but I do feel in the minority sometimes,
>altho' that feeling too is fading,  as I've had pd now for almost 10 years,
>and am now far from my twenties.  Believe it or not, I was at some PD
>conference once, and some older gentleman with pd got up to ask/say
>something, and one thing he said, which totally floored me, was some comment
>about younger people not ever getting pd.  Man, if some of our own have no
>clue, no wonder the general public doesn't either.  I admit I count myself
>right along with them prior to my forced enlightenment.  Naturally, I had to
>reply to his statement and enlighten him also, without being rude.  So, a
>few minutes later I got up and asked a question about my reaction to
>compazine and its probable role in my getting pd in my twenties, and also
>mentioned the book "The Case of the Frozen Addicts."  My point was to, just
>by my presence, make the point to him and everyone else in the dark still,
>that we too are fortunate enough to get it sometimes.  Shoot, some even get
>it way younger than I did.  It's relatively rare, but thanks to toxins,
>etc., that is changing.
>
>But, nevertheless, I'm gonna keep on a rockin' and a rollin' forever!
>(WTF!)
>
>Wendy Tebay
>
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