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Charlotte Mancuso wrote: > > For what my opinion is worth, I seriously doubt that even a seasoned > movement disorder specialist can make a diagnosis of Lewy Body > Disease, since there is so much disagreement about what it is and > diagnosing it without postmorten examination. > Does anybody else on the list have anything to say ? Iit has been a > while since I've read anything about it. > > Charlotte Mancuso > > Andrew Haynes wrote: > > Scared to death. Wife started to cry tonight.Blurted out > that she thinks I have Lewy Body Disease.I did some quick > research. Shes probably correct. Can this happen at 47? Help My somewhat antiquated reference tells me that Diffuse Lewy Body Disease is hard to diagnose partly because it is less common than Parkinson's or Alzheimers. When it does occur it seems to combine the worst features of both: the dementia of AD and motor disability of PD. Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013