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A while back I posted my tale of peculiar reaction to ether anesthesia as a child; to wit, hypersensitivity to ether or alcohol fumes for several years thereafter. I wondered if this childhood exposure could connect in any way to onset of PD 65 or more years later. I got no response at all from the parkinsn listmembers to this suggestion. I tried 'select ether in parkinsn' and got so many hits they had to be truncated at nearly 600. But not a single one touched on my question or even contained the string 'ether' so far as I can tell. I'm still curious about this, as the use of ether for anesthesia was so widespread until rather recently. As an informal (and decidedly unscientific) poll, would like to know how many of the 800 or so PD patients represented by the list have had a similar experience. I don't expect a flood of answers, but just in case, please reply to me direct ([log in to unmask]) and NOT to parkinsn, to avoid clogging the channel. Thanks, Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks CA 91403