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hi all someone wrote, in part: > I spend a lot of time wondering -- wondering if: > I will end up demented, like 20 to 40% > of Parkinson's patients do; > I will have chronic depression, like somewhere > between 10% and 40% Parkinson's patients do ... i must challenge the percentages you quote above: my reading points to: dementia - 20-25% clinical depression - 40-60% there are very good tests available to determine the presence of either condition - maybe your neuro could set your worries to rest? i suggest that time spent wondering if a feared ________ ... ? (fill in your choice of condition or event) is time spent on growing self-inflicted stress which isn't good for anyone but which is especially not good for parkies janet -- janet paterson a new voice http://www.janetpaterson.net/ pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn