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Krista, Apx. seven years ago I met Donna Dorros at Jim Cordy's home, when she presented him with the 'Sidney Dorros' award. Her husband ,Sydney, the man who discovered that protein interferes with sinemmet getting to the brain, told me - The three leading causes of death for Parkinsonians is choking, constipation and pneumonia. Not necessarily in that order. Perhaps Donna can add her two cents worth. Margie On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 10:43:05 -0400 Krista Schnell <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Hello, > I had a quick question for you or anyone out there; > It is my understanding that Parkinson's is NOT fatal. When you > mention that > the "death rate from Parkinson's is going up", what do you mean by > that? > > Forgive my ignorance. All the resources that I have researched > state that > Parkinson's alone is not a cause of death. Am I incorrect? > > Thank you, > Peace. > -Krista > > > -----Original Message----- > From: WILL JOHNSTON [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 8:30 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: A phenomenon, or just me?, Causes of death? > > > Jeff & Carol, Others > > 1. Lifestyles which are considered unhealthful may be a cause of > EARLY > death reported as heart attack, stroke, shot by irate spouse, etc. > > 2. Lifestyles which are considered unhealthful may be the RESULT of > disease > rather than the cause. Last month I was kicked out of a > cardiac-pulmonary > exercise program at our local hospital because my sudden losses of > coordination / dexterity /muscle control / balance could result in > a > dangerous fall - and possible liability for the hospital. > Parkinson's > symptoms are the cause the increased probability of falling. > Exercise > definitely makes my PD symptoms come on more quickly. > > 3. We are mortals. We will all die of something. The death rate > from > Parkinson's is going up now. As cures for heart problems, various > cancers, > etc. [temporary fixes which will keep the person alive longer it > takes for > that particular problem to reoccur - long enough to have some other > recognizable malady end life first] our probability of dying from PD > goes up > only goes up - but our deaths will be delayed. "Cures" for other > diseases > increase the number and percentage of deaths from PD. A real cure > for PD > will probably never be found, but maybe a long temporary fix will be > found > which will keep us symptom free until we die from something else. > > Will Johnston > DelMarVa Chapter A.P.D.A. > Salisbury MD USA 21804 > 410-543-0110 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carole K. Menser" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:42 PM > Subject: Re: A phenomenon, or just me? > > > > Yes, Jeff, I believe you are correct when you say that the > leading > > cause > of > > death is really not heart disease, stroke, heart attack and so on > but > these > > are the consequences of our own actions. The major diseases we > see > > today > in > > this country were virtually unheard of 100 years ago. Lifestyle > must > > be > the > > culprit. What else? > > > > C.M. :-) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn