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Brig has had PD for 17 years, is now 64. He was diagnosed at 47, worked for 7 years, driving 50 miles each to and from his job. When he could no longer do this, had to leave work with no pension, applied for diability at 54. Long story short, with doctors, denied, and then a lawyer, it took all of our life savings and more to finally win disability after 2 years, then the lawer took 25% of the back money. I worked with every congressman I could get a hold of, and they could not influence the outcome, I only wanted another decision quickly. Finally, my rep. was able to speed things up or it would have been more than two years. I had to borrow money just to live, so I know what disability is all about. I started my advocacy when he started to apply for disability, there was no where to go. Thank God for Joan Samuelson, she brought a lot of us together and we began to work for the Udall bill, most of you know the rest of the story. Gerry Haines ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn