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Hi, Because I fell and got one knee infected , I was referred to a neurologist . He watched me walk into his consultation room and made this observation. "mild Parkenson's . I have no tremor, but my handwriting has degenerated to a scraaawl and my voice has lost its tember, besides falling without any reason. My medication is 1 1/2 tab at each meal and for the last month I have been taking Selegeline withmy morning meal. I still fall occasionally but not as often as before. carl Heft [log in to unmask] On Sat, 15 Mar 1997 16:15:29 -0500 Barbara Mallut <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Jack K.... > >Y'know, Jack... I have a gut feeling - and have felt this for long >time - >that there's tons more Parkies "out there" than are being acknowledged >and/or >diagnosed by 1. the medical community, 2. the Parkies themselves, due >to >denial, 3. the Parkies recognize that SOMETHING is wrong, but cannot >get an >accurate diagnosis and go for 5 or 6 years being told "You don't LOOK >sick," >by their doctors, 4. the completely "unaware that they have PD" >Parkie, >i.e., might just have one slightly stiff arm only, for several years, >etc...... > >I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was actually more individuals >who have >PD and aren't, for whatever reason, aware or acknowledging it than >there are >who KNOW they have it and who DO stand up to be counted. > >Betcha if there was a close-to-accurate count of individuals with PD, >there'd >be number upwards of 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 persons. > >I'd sure like to know I'd over-counted! > >(And you're NOT just another number, Jack!) > >Barb Mallut >[log in to unmask] > > > > > > > >---------- >From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Jack Kramer >Sent: Saturday, March 15, 1997 12:20 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: Re: Numbers - Oddity noted > >Barb, > Numbers concern me also. Because if others think we are pushing >numbers >using 1,000,000. then it only tends to destroy our integrity. On the >other >hand verey feew agencies estimate as low as 500,00. I am sure >insurance >companies, have the figures per any base population from their own >records. >In the mean time, I am using 1,000,000 which for me makes sense, >because when >I look around my city and county it seems about one in 250 of the >population >are PWP That works out to 1,000,000 nation wide. But I would consult >various health insurance companies around the U.S.A. and see if they >would >not share some figurs. Good Luck! >I remain your humble servant, more than just a number, >Jack Kramer 53/2 >