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Dear Gaylon: Having read quite a bit about PD and being a CG to my wife (62/8yrs) as well as belonging to some support groups, I have never heard of a PD patient going into remission. Mis-diagnosing the PD patients appears to be very common. It is my understanding that we have as many as 2 million un-diagnosed or mis-diagnosed people who have PD or related diseases. Good luck, Henry Gutttentag ([log in to unmask]) You wrote: > >Anne Martin wrote: >> >> One of our members who was diagnosed with pd many years ago, treated with >> levadopa for years and then removed from all meds with no symptom for at >> least 15 years, has been re-diagnosed and told that she was in remission >> during those years. Has anyone ever heard of this? She and her family are >> having a tough time accepting it, and for that matter, so am I. >> >> Anne Martin-- > >Hello Anne, > >I printed out your message and took it with me to an appointment with my >neurologist on Tuesday. He had never heard of PD going into "remission". His >thought was that the person was misdiagnosed originally. He speculated that >they may have been exposed to a toxin and/or had a viral infection that may >have caused PD symptoms for a period of time. > >This, FWIW! Only God, truly, knows for sure. > >Best regards, >Gaylon ><[log in to unmask] >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * On the Suncoast of Florida * > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "When the outlook is dark, try the UPlook!" >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >