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At 09:31 PM 7/2/2005, you wrote: >I have a question re: early symptoms.... >Yes prior to my palidotomy in 1995 my weight dropped to around 130 >pounds. My normal weight is about 155. prtior to that point i had >dyskinesia thwt on a sxale of 1 to 10 mine was about 13 or 14. i >think the extra movement kept me moving al the time. and all that >movement burned a lot of calories, And thus the weight loss.After >the pallidotomy my dyskinesia went away and my weight went up to the 155 to 160 range and i have remained in that range since that time. Has f\nyone experienced rapid, unexplained weight loss (or gain, I suppose) >and then at some point in the future been diagnosed with PD? > >It seems to me that my dad gained a lot of weight maybe a couple of years >prior to being dx's. > >And I have lost 35 pounds in a very short amount of time. I used to weigh >between 115 and 120. Right now I think I am around 82. I am currently >wearing children's size 12 and it is way too big. I have had >all kinds of tests >done - I have a 9-page blood report, all normal; they cannot find anything >wrong with me and I don't have an other PD symptoms. But, being the paranoid >person that I am, I had to ask... > >Meanwhile, I am desperately trying to gain weight, force feeding myself a >minimum of 2000 calories per day. Last weekend, I was able to gain about 5 >pounds and by Wednesday it was gone. > >Imagine trying to find something suitable to wear to work when you are >nearly 50 years old in the CHILDREN'S department. lol > >Oh, and I am interviewing for jobs. I had to go buy a skirt at the school >uniform shop because that was the only place I could find one long enough to >be appropriate. > >oy. > >Carrie, daughter of Michael, PD for much too long > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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