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On 23 Apr, 2005, at 13:00, MyFirstname Mylastname <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > First signs in order of appearance: > 1) Unable to type easily with my left hand any more (previously a very > fast > typist for decades). > 2) Frozen, painful left shoulder. Yes, both of these, and 4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14, plus for me the very first sign: difficulty keeping the beat when dancing. I was in my mid-50s. I went to my family doctor, a savvy, 50-something Irishman. He took an ordinary upright chair without arms and put it in the middle of the room. He told me to sit on it and, at his command, stand up and as quickly as possible turn towards the back of the chair as if to run away from it from behind. He made me repeat this action quickly on both sides, several times. Then he said: "I'm sending you to a neurologist. I hope I'm wrong, but I think you have Parkinson's." David T. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn