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He sure does. That's what I was told for six years before I was diagnosed. I was sixteen yeas old and had alot of the symptoms of PD. I'm 49 years old now and have had PD for 33 years. <Lorraine, It sounds like the same problem i'm having. <Both newspapers are big and bigger. They have thousands and thousands <of readers! and they won't help with PD Awareness. I will write a <lettter to the Editor and ask them ''Don't they like people with <Parkinson's?'' Some of the stories they do publish are <...............well, you know. But, here in New Jersey, there is the <Greater Media News. It's publishing company comprised with about 5 <newspapers, each carrying the news for 2 particular towns each. It <is a weekly newspaper. The Greater Media News will be printing "MAKE <THEM AWARE". <NINA - Brian, the editor, asked for the name of your town and state <where you live. Also, if you represent any organization, the name <of it. Thank you. <Here is an example of the ignorance some people have: <It was obvious that I have PD and a young lady (33 years old) came up < me and asked me if I had PD , She apologized for being so forward. <She had tremors in 2 of her fingers on her left hand. She was concerned <and asked her Chiropractor if this could be the start of PD. He <told her "You don't have to worry at all about having Parkinson's , <You are much too young for that disease." <Wow! this guy has some learning to do <Claire ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn