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Dear Mick, I'm playing catch-up on my Digest input, today, and saw for the first time the entry about your son. My heart - ALL our hearts - are with you. You know that. My dad had P.D., so I can empathize to at least some extent. Do you - and others who read this - know that NPF has a young onset national program? It's called YOPPERS (Young-Onset-Parkinson's-Patients-for-Education-and-Research) and has thousands of members nationwide who network with one another, form friendships with others local to their residence, get active where appropriate and where they want to and, generally, are there to help each other out? It's run by a young-onset patient here in California named Tom Brown (who will soon also be entering here) and I'd be glad, until he's on line, to put anyone who wishes in touch with him, added to the YOPPERS newsletter mailing list, etc. You can reach me here, of course, or call me at (800) 400-8448 (inside California) or 800-522-8855 (outside California). Kim Seidman, NPF