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Carl, your story is a very familiar one to us. Although my husband, Tom, did not serve in Vietnam, he spent his two years (1966-68) at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver, Colorado, as an officer in the Chemical Corps. That site is now listed as one of the most contaminated in the United States and the SuperFund site lists many toxins, including dioxin, among the many contaminants. There was both direct and indirect exposure as they were emptying and refilling munitions. Tom was first diagnosed with PD in 1991, at the age of 46. He is doing pretty well physically after having two DBS surgeries, but suffers from dementia that has become pretty debilitating for him. We are just beginning to pursue getting a service related disability designation from the VA. Although I have good health insurance it may help in other ways. We also have a list of many of the military and civilian workers who were at the Arsenal during the Vietnam War and are planning on trying to establish a database to see if there is significant percentage with neurological diagnoses. Good luck with your treatment. Claire, CG for Tom 65/46/44 On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Carl Wren <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, I am a 62 yr. old Viet Nam US veteran who has been diagnosed, 6 > months ago with PD. The presumptive cause was exposure to Agent Orange > (dioxin) while serving in combat from 1969-70. I am taking Ropinirole (VA > formulary) and learning to deal with the side effects. My symptoms have > accelerated and it seems change daily. My wife purchased for me an "urban > rebounder" (mini-trampoline) to start an exercise plan. I am looking forward > to learning from each of you. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with Messenger straight from your Hotmail inbox. > > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_4:092009 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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