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Wow, Jen, I'm sorry to hear that. I thought I was "young" when I found out at 52. :) But I am relatively new to this PD game too and struggling to figure out how long I can/should keep working. We work in related professions -- I'm a librarian and currently work as an associate dean at a middle-sized state university. My favorite "medication" is exercise. I've found that regular exercise is a great help. I use an elliptical machine by Precor and the Wii Fit Plus -- which I love because of all the feedback features. take care, Cinda On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Jennifer Gaudio <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello all, > > > > My name is Jen Gaudio. I'm 38 and was just diagnosed with YOPD on October > 14th. I'm doing fairly well as I suspected it for a while and had time to > prepare. I've been experiencing tremors, muscle weakness, spasms and > rigidity in my left side since 2007. The diagnosis got confused as the worst > symptoms popped up after I had tendon repair surgery on both my legs. It > seems tremors run in my family--seven have them all ranges of age--but I am > the first to knowingly develop into pd. I'm working on participating in some > studies. I figure if I can help someone else down the line it may be worth > it. > > > > I'm in the research and planning stages. I think that's where most of my > freakout energy is going. I found out about this listserv from "When > Parkinson's Strikes Early" and here I am. I'm most interested in how to > maintain some normalcy while losing independence as it progresses (I'm > single and likely staying that way) work and ADA issues (I'm a museum > curator) and anything that may help slow progression and keep some level of > fitness (brfore the surgery I was a yoga and tai chi student and loved > swimming). > > > > As a newbie I'm grateful that this listserv exists, thank you to all who > developed and support this resource. > > > > Best, > > Jen > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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