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At 09:45 AM 4/6/97 -0400, you wrote: >Learned people have been truing to discover the cause of >Parkinsons for years. The environment is suspected, but not >proven. The trouble is, that everyone exposed to a particular >polutant does not get Parkinsons. It is the same for certain >types of Cancer, like Lung Cancer and Skin Cancer. Everyone who >smokes does not get lung cancer, and everyone exposed to the sun >does not get skin cancer. Everyones reaction seems to be >different. Myself, I smoked for 40 years, then quit for 2 years, >and did not get Parkinsons until I quit smoking, yet some smokers >do get Parkinsons. They claim that the reason that fewer smokers >get Parkinsons then non-smokers, is that smokers don't live long >enough to get Parkinsons. If exposure to chemicals is the cause, >then why do some people who are exposed get Parkinsons, and >others don't? >One thing I do notice about having Parkinsons, at least in my >case, I never get sick anymore. Before Parkinsons was diagnosed, >I got colds, the flu, and seemed to catch almost every virus >going around. Since I got Parkinsons, I never catch a virus. Is >this the case with anyone else? >Anyway, this is a laymans opinion, is probably all wrong, but is >right for me, as I believe. I am a firm believer in believing >you can, as if you believe you can't, you sure can't. >signed Billy Baird ( [log in to unmask] ) > billy i got to agree with you. i smoked for 60yrs. doc. told to just cut back. only get tierder now easer. but in the adfance ages of pd. when i get to tired i fall a lot more often and studder. forget what i am going to say. what is a cold,flu. don,t rember ha ha even no virus. don I.Y.Q.