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John Davis: Actually, John, I used the term "colds" as a reference to when my daughter offers to run errands. The truth of the matter is I'm hardly EVER sick, (other than with PD). I literally cannot remember the time I had a cold or the flu. I've attribute this to the fact I work out of my home and am therefore not exposed to those types of illnesses as much as people in a "9 to 5" environment. Maybe I should have said my daughter has been there for me when I had an auto accident and a pinched nerve (2 weeks of pure hell)? Hmmm... this leads me to think of comments posted today about PWP taking Amantadine not getting full blown colds. To add my 2 cents to that, I've never been on that drug, and in fact take nothing daily other than Sinamet, Paxil, estrogen, and vitamin E. Barb Mallut Lil_Honey on the Parkie Chat [log in to unmask] ---------- From: PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf of John Davis Sent: Saturday, December 28, 1996 9:50 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: PWP and Colds Barb Mallut recently commented in one of her postings that one of her daughters ran errands for her when she suffered colds. When I was first diagnosed with parkinsons 14 years ago, I read every thing that I could find in the local library on the subject. One of the medical books that I read presented sort of a bad news/ good news format in explaining the pros and cons of having parkinson's desease. One of the goods was that parkinson's patients almost never have colds. Another item listed was resistance to cancer. I have had sore throats since then but never have I gone into a full blown cold. I'm curious to know if anyone else has seen the reference? Where? I have tried to locate it again and cannot. John Davis 59/14 [log in to unmask]