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^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses windy, H11 deg. F :-) Bitterly Cold BRRRRRRR! ******************************************************************** Hi Margie and Dick, I wonder if a PD-causing virus (HDV), once firmly established, could provide PWP's with immunity to colds, flus, and even AIDS. Maybe the proposed HDV virus blocks out all the other viruses, up to a point. I was a sickly child, in bed for 6 months with mononucleosis, at age 6. However, I became robust and strong, in my twenties. . I never have tried amantadine. I now have no common colds, no flus, NONE, in the last 10 years, except for a 1/2 day of sneezes perhaps once a year. Never get the sniffles. Even with quick changes iin body heat, including "hypothermia" I still don't get colds. I have noticed that when I am cold, my hands shake, but I do NOT shiver and am never congested. I wonder if it is the eldepryl (selegeline). Or the endless orange juice, grapefruit juice, and fruit sodas I love. Does Dick drink TONS of OJ, citrus fruits, etc?? Use eldepryl or amanadine?? Ivan :-0 On Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:20:54 -0500 Dick Swindler <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Ivan and Greg - > >People in our support group noticed and commented on the fact that PWP >seem >to have strong immune systems. In Dick's case, although he has had PD >for 18 >years, his seeming immunity was present even in childhood. He didn't >even >get chicken-pox when exposed multiple times. On very rare occasions, >he'll >have mild, short-lived symptoms of something the rest of us think >we're dying >from. <grin> > >I wonder if any researchers are investigating whether PWP truly do >have >better immunity than average, and if so, why. > >Margie Swindler > >home design and remodeling/blueprints/miniatures/model railroads