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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

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