i am new to this pd thing and am still waiting for diagnosis i will contact one of the support groups and see if they have data judy >From: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: PD diagnosed in Australia is it like the USA every 1.9 > minutes? >Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 00:59:03 -0400 > >On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 03:54:33 GMT Judy George <[log in to unmask]> >writes: > > ivan where better to vent your frustrations than here > > judy > > > > Judy, thanks I needed that support. > >Take the number of new PD cases in Australia per year and >divide like I did by 2100 diagnosis minutes per week >and you will get a diagnosis rate. > >Any idea how this comes out in Australia? >Hans - in Holland? >Maryse- in France? >in Germany? > >Brian Collins- in the UK? > >Anne Rutherford and the gentleman who wrote the book >on line for us- in Canada? > >Let's compare. > >Bless you all. > >The generic has kicked in - i had to take 300 >milligrams extra in the last 12 hours. Spent >nearly all day "undermedicated" and in dystonia. >OUCHHHHH!!!! twisting, pulling joints and toes >but I am afraid of pallidotomy and really am not >ready for pallidal stimulation > >Ivan >50/39/36 > >PS I will keep fighting to outwit this disease >but am afraid to damage my thinking with brain surgery >Don't mean to offend anyone in the "hole in the head" gang. > > > >Ivan ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com