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Charles, I never had polio, but my maternal grandfather had PD, also a paternal great-aunt/ I used flea bombs in my condo for years because my Schnauzers were plagued with them. Also had toxic chemotherapy, same stuff, alkylating agents used in mustard gas in WWI. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Meyer" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: Re: to Charles Meyer > DAVID. > > I have heard of a number o f us PD who have had polio as kids , The > vaccine came out in 1955 about 1yr after I had polio in 1954 at about > 10 yr. old. It may be that polio patients are more commmon (UNTIL 1956 > ) AND IT ONLY APPEARS that we have a higher incidence . IN other words > the sample is skewed. toward the older age group since many of the PD > people that I (we) know are older than 55 I have been told by > research MDs that there is no difference in PD incidence whether or not > polio was present earlier. Once person told me .though that in her > experience the first side affected by the PD is often same side as > was affected by t he polio earlier, I wonder if there are any people > that are part of the LIST that have had polio and how many had residual > unilaterally and then if so which side did your PD start on > Charlie > > > David Jackson wrote: > >>This site is new for me. My PD is newly diagnosed but I also had >>Polio as a child and my walking has been pretty much confined to level >>areas since then. I keep wondering how the nerve damage caused by the >>Polio relates to PD damage? I remember the stiffness in neck, >>shoulders and lower body that I had during "recovery".at that time. >>My life has been sort of normal and am still going strong with the >>exception of shaking and croaking into my 70s. I guess I have a long >>history of living with what can't be fixed but am delighted to find >>this nest of voices that challenge the control and distortion of >>health issues. >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: >>mailto:[log in to unmask] >>In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn >> >> >> >> > DAVID. > > I have heard of a number o f us PD who have had polio as kids , The > vaccine came out in 1955 about 1yr after I had polio in 1954 at about > 10 yr. old. It may be that polio patients are more commmon (UNTIL 1956 > ) AND IT ONLY APPEARS that we have a higher incidence . IN other words > the sample is skewed. toward the older age group since many of the PD > people that I (we) know are older than 55 I have been told by > research MDs that there is no difference in PD incidence whether or not > polio was present earlier. Once person told me .though that in her > experience the first side affected by the PD is often same side as > was affected by t he polio earlier, I wonder if there are any people > that are part of the LIST that have had polio and how many had residual > unilaterally and then if so which side did your PD start on > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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