I am going to have to spoil your 3/0 numbers. I still smoke and have not had a cold or flu since being diagnosed with Parkinson's in Sept., 1992. I read somewhere that pwp's tend not to get colds or flu....I guess we really don't need anything else. Barb On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, John Davis wrote: > Billie Baird you might be on to something. > have not had a full blown cold in 15 years. > > The common denominator may be smoking. I gave up smoking at age 43, was > diagnosed with parkinson's at age 45 and am now 60. > > So counting you, Don Mckinley, and me, we have 3 Yes votes vs 0 No votes for > Smoking, Parkinson's and No Colds. > =========================================================================== Barbara Patterson [log in to unmask] HSC 2J22 905-525-9140, ext. 22403 School of Nursing ===========================================================================