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On 8 Sep 2000, at 12:32, Alf Cousins wrote: > Thanks for the many responses. So far there hasn't been anything to conclude > that if you don't have PD what you may have is more likely to be worse, or > better. One of the articles on the diagnostic test sums it up. If someone > tells you that you have PD and there is a 1 in 4 chance they are wrong and > what you really have is less severe, then you don't want to rush into > potentially harmful therapy if you don't need it. But if they tell you that > you have PD and there is a 1 in 4 chance it's something worse, then the > sooner you are being medicated the better. I hope the diagnostic will be > available before too long. But can anyone tell me, is SPECT done on the same > machine as CAT or is it done on PET? I ask because I am told that in the > whole of Australia there are only two or three PET scanners and they are > only used for university research. So if the test needs that facility, there > is buckley's chance of getting it done! Back to the drawing board.... has > anyone heard whether you can diagnose with water diviners??? We do have some > of those at least.... > Alf > Adelaide > 50 <1 48 > Hi Alf, There is a ton of info on scanning and PD on the WWWeb Resources... Go to: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/wwweb/index.html Scroll down to: 04: Imaging MRI PET SPECT I hope you might find some answers there... Cheers....... murray [log in to unmask] View the Parkinson's Awareness Links at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/wwweb/index.html