Amanda, I had anesthetic 5 times before PD, my mom about 20 and she never had PD. her father died of PD complications and all but one of 5 brothers and sisters had some neurological disorder, Alzheimer's, bi-polar, epilepsy, trigeminal neuralgia. My PD "papa" also had migraines which I had too. The auras finally stopped after DBSs. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda Phillips" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:44 PM Subject: Re: chemicals > It is - I'm wondering, 'cos I'm the only one with PD in my family, so > genetics probably isn't the answer, but I don't see where chemical > exposure could > have come from - typical suburban background & too cowardly to try drugs. > Could a general anaesthetic I had just before onset be a trigger ? I was > out > for 90 minutes. > > Amanda Phillips > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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