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Dear Denise: I am Lynne Guttentag and I have PD 62/8yrs. I suspect my son age 36 may have PD. I am interested in knowing your husbands symptoms and med's he is taking. Good luck Lynne ([log in to unmask]) You wrote: > >Hi, this is my third attempt to send a message, so if any others got through >I apologize. > >My husband is 32 years old. He has been diagnosed for 4 years with >symptomatic PD for 14 years. We were able to trace his PD back to episodes >of carbon monoxide poisoning at a garage he worked at as a teenager. They >had poor ventilation and his doctor feels that b/c of this and the amount of >time spent there . . . and here we are today. > >Our situation may be different from most our there, or maybe not. We have >two small children, boy 3 1/2 and a girl 2. Kevin is able to function very >well, this diagnosis actually gave him back his life. Some feel we are under >a lot of stress and "isn't it a shame, he's so young" - but before being >diagnosed he had stooped posture, trouble walking normally, tremors, >Parkinsonian mask and other subtleties (sp) of PD. Since the diagnosis he >has been able to go back to playing sports, we can go walking now, and we can >share many more activities than ever before (most of the time has more energy >than ME!!). So far we have not looked at this as a tragedy, in a way it is a >blessing. Some times you need a wake up call and this was ours. If he had >not been diagnosed it would be very difficult with the kids. He does have >some bad days and minor set backs but we try and not let those get us down >for very long. > >I guess what I am looking for is if there is anyone else out there in a >similar situation or others who have any advice or just want to chat. We >live in MA if that helps. > >Hope you all enjoy the weekend! >Denise :-) We can be reached at: [log in to unmask] >