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Claudia, I lived in Murrieta for 7 years before moving to AZ and yes it is hot in the Temecula/Murrieta/Lake Ellsinore area. Maybe that is why I'm still surviving here. However, in CA it does cool off at night. enjoy Las Vegas. Wish I was able to travel. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 9:52 AM Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia >I think you'll be safe In Iowa considering you are now living on a shifting > volcanic plate. Lex Luther may have been right about buying beach front > property in the desert. As for Doom & Gloom, you'll be glad to know that > scientist don't think the super volcano magna underneath Yellowstone Park > is > going to blow up anytime soon (that's in geological time) blanketing the > continent with sulphuric ash. On the negative side, the artic glaciers > are > melting at an increasingly progressive rate, which means that the Atlantic > conveyor belt my soon come to a halt and precipitate another Ice Age > across > North America and Europe, so Las Vegas might be just the place. Good > luck. > >>From: "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia >>Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:23:02 -0700 >> >>I leave the factoring to the mathematicians. I focus my efforts on being >>in >>air conditioned buildings whenever possible! :-) >> >>I live in Lake Elsinore Ca. This has been a very weird weather year. >>First >>tons of rain, now the relentless heat which will in turn kill off all the >>greenery brought on by the rain and we will have massive fires. Not >>trying >>to be a Dr. Doom, I'm just reporting the facts. >> >>I'm going to a little town in Iowa in a couple of weeks to visit my >>favorite >>uncle. He told me that one morning last week the temp was 46 deg! I'm >>going straight to Las Vegas from his house so packing for the trip should >>be >>tons of fun, >> >>Claudia >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]> >>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 6:37 AM >>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia >> >> >>>Of course you then have to factor in the humidity. >>> >>>>From: "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >>>><[log in to unmask]> >>>>To: [log in to unmask] >>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia >>>>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 01:53:12 -0700 >>>> >>>>I think any temperature that is 90+ degrees is just too hot! :-) >>>> >>>>Claudia >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>>Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:50 AM >>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia >>>> >>>> >>>>>And I thought 94 was bad! >>>>> >>>>>>From: "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >>>>>><[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>To: [log in to unmask] >>>>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia >>>>>>Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:06:31 -0700 >>>>>> >>>>>>Ray, thank you for your generous spirit. >>>>>> >>>>>>I haven't been on this list for very long so I don't know the >>>>>>historical >>>>>>threads of most of the posters. But I see your posts regularly and >>>>>>they >>>>>>are >>>>>>always interesting and knowledgable. I really appreciate the info you >>>>>>provide all of us. >>>>>> >>>>>>It seems the subject of chemicals in the environment being a potential >>>>>>cause >>>>>>of PD comes up more often and in respected and credible sources. >>>>>> >>>>>>I live in Southern California (15+ yrs) but spent all of my childhood >>>>>>and >>>>>>part of my early adulthood in a farming community in Kansas. Between >>>>>>our >>>>>>house and the closest neighbor there was a huge vegetable garden (it >>>>>>was >>>>>>commercial and the owner was what we called a "truck farmer" meaning >>>>>>he >>>>>>took >>>>>>the harvested vegetables to an open air market and sold them from the >>>>>>back >>>>>>of his truck). >>>>>> >>>>>>All that was before the time they learned that DDT was harmful to >>>>>>one's >>>>>>health. I can recall many, many times when they dusted the crops with >>>>>>DDT >>>>>>so heavily it left a white powder on the plants and the wind carried >>>>>>much >>>>>>of >>>>>>it to our yard. If I think about it now I can still recall the awful >>>>>>smell >>>>>>and taste it had when I breathed. >>>>>> >>>>>>Now, of course, I wonder if it had an impact on my PD. I am 60 now >>>>>>and >>>>>>was >>>>>>diagnosed when I was 54. >>>>>> >>>>>>Ironically the researchers are also following the possibility that >>>>>>environmental chemicals may be the cause of Sarcoidosis. >>>>>> >>>>>>If it proves true, then I must have gotten a "double whamee". No one >>>>>>else >>>>>>in my immediate family have been diagnosed with either disease. But my >>>>>>father had a serious lung condition (not related to smoking) and when >>>>>>he >>>>>>passed away the death certificate simply said the cause of death was >>>>>>chronic >>>>>>obstructive pulmonary disease. My oldest brother (2 yrs younger than >>>>>>me) >>>>>>had serious asthma and other lung problems all his life. At age 56 he >>>>>>died >>>>>>suddenly of a massive heart attack. The dr. thought the strain of >>>>>>asthma >>>>>>and related breathing disorders may have weakened his heart along with >>>>>>his >>>>>>lungs. >>>>>> >>>>>>I have a sister a couple of years older than me who has no lung >>>>>>problems >>>>>>but >>>>>>she was a very "girly girl" when she was a child and spent most of her >>>>>>time >>>>>>inside the house with my mother and was not exposed to the DDT to the >>>>>>extent >>>>>>my brother, father and I were. I have two brothers who are much >>>>>>younger >>>>>>than me and both have had minor asthmatic bouts but by the time they >>>>>>were >>>>>>born DDT had been banned. >>>>>> >>>>>>Sort of makes you think, doesn't it. >>>>>> >>>>>>In addition to the Sinemet I take Requip. I don't know if it is one >>>>>>of >>>>>>the >>>>>>agonists that have caused PDers to gamble. But I may try that out as >>>>>>an >>>>>>excuse to my husband for my desire to trek to Las Vegas every few >>>>>>months. >>>>>>:-) >>>>>> >>>>>>Hope all have a wonderful day. It is supposed to hit triple digits >>>>>>here >>>>>>AGAIN! It was 118 one day last week. I don't want to hear about how >>>>>>it's >>>>>>not so bad because it's a "dry heat"..118 deg. is 118 deg.! >>>>>> >>>>>>Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>>Claudia >>>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:33 PM >>>>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD/Claudia >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>Claudia, I for one am interested in your condition. You deserve to >>>>>>>complain as much as you like. It is just another reminder that PD is >>>>>>>not >>>>>>>the >>>>>>>only disease one can get. I know when I survived cancer I thought I >>>>>>>was >>>>>>>'home free" Ha! Ray, wondering when the next shoe will drop. >>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>From: "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:16 AM >>>>>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>For what it is worth, I once had a neuro-surgeon tell me hat M. Ali >>>>>>>>did >>>>>>>>not >>>>>>>>have PD, but rather he had a disease called Shy Drager's Disease and >>>>>>>>ir >>>>>>>>was >>>>>>>>indeed caused by too many blows to the head. Although I got the >>>>>>>>impression >>>>>>>>that other's can get it without having had all the blows. In fact, >>>>>>>>for >>>>>>>>a >>>>>>>>brief time they thought I had it. One of the diagnostic symptoms is >>>>>>>>an >>>>>>>>extreme drop in blood pressure, especially when first standing up. >>>>>>>>I >>>>>>>>do >>>>>>>>have PD but the symptoms of Shy Drager turned out to be caused by >>>>>>>>another >>>>>>>>disease I had but had not yet been diagnosed. It was sarcoidosis. >>>>>>>>It's >>>>>>>>a >>>>>>>>fairly rare auto immune disease that nearly always impacts the lungs >>>>>>>>then >>>>>>>>can go to any organ in the body. For some they have one episode and >>>>>>>>then >>>>>>>>it >>>>>>>>never returns. For others it is either intermitent or chronic. The >>>>>>>>sarcoidosis was attacking my bone marrow and filling the space with >>>>>>>>small >>>>>>>>tumors (granulomas) thus leaving no room for me to produce new red >>>>>>>>blood >>>>>>>>cells. That caused the extreme low BP and also serious anemia >>>>>>>>requiring >>>>>>>>blood transfusions. It is always hard for me to know if any new >>>>>>>>symptom >>>>>>>>I >>>>>>>>have is PD related or the sarcoid rearing it's ugly head. The >>>>>>>>sarcoid >>>>>>>>also >>>>>>>>precludes me from participating in clinical trials. They don't want >>>>>>>>you >>>>>>>>if >>>>>>>>you have more than one disease. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I'm sure this is much more info on sarcoidosis that any of you are >>>>>>>>interested in, but it's one of those sleepless nights and I allowed >>>>>>>>myself >>>>>>>>to blabber on about a subject not related to PD. Sorry, I'll try to >>>>>>>>have >>>>>>>>more self control in the future. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I wish you all peace of mind, the serenity to accept your condition >>>>>>>>and >>>>>>>>the >>>>>>>>ability to laugh at the arrows life shoots at us. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>In the laugh area, a while back there was a country singer who had a >>>>>>>>song >>>>>>>>called "What Really Turns Me On is the Shake". I always thought >>>>>>>>that >>>>>>>>should >>>>>>>>be the PD Anthem! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Claudia >>>>>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>>>From: "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>>Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 11:31 PM >>>>>>>>Subject: Re: Ozzy Osbourne & PD >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Also, what about Muhammad Ali's too many blows >>>>>>>>>>to the head? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I should think. M. 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