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Hi Jennifer ! You've forgotten to do the denial / shut down in fear stage :) You're either braver than me or better organised... Amanda (diagnosed 4 years ago & only just starting to plan). Quoting Jennifer Gaudio <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn