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> >At 04:50 PM 5/4/97 -0400, you wrote: > >>It seems strange, but after smoking heavily for what, 40 years or > >>so, I decided to quit, and quit I did. Then, 2 years after > >>quiting, I got Parkinsons. Does this mean that I would not have > >>developed Parkinsons had I continued smoking? I think not. I am > >>beginning to think that, like everything else, Parkinsons is > >>present for a reason. Anyone want to try a guess at what the > >>reason might be? > >>[log in to unmask] Billy, Don't know the reason, but I do know that I smoked for 12 years, and after not smoking for 7 years, I started getting intense cravings for a smoke, right about the time I my parkinson's symptoms surfaced - go figure......... Now I smoke on and off and when I do, my symptoms seem to get worse for a short time. You'd think that would be enough to make me not do it at all, but the cravings are pretty strong, so when I'm feeling weak-willed, I cave in and light up. Cynthia Stegall ( [log in to unmask] )