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---------- > Fra: Bernard JOLY <[log in to unmask]> > Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Emne: PD's guests > Dato: 19. juli 1997 07:29 > *** Hello Bernard, if you don`t mind it, I`ll reply int his way!! and also ask questions!! . It is a very interesting subject you have brought up to the list. PD is generally associated with "old" and "retired" people. This is only true > for 50% of PWP's *** I didn`t thaught the % was so high?? In Denmark we are about 6-7000 PWP and the % is about 10%. It means abouy 600-700 younger PWP dx. beore 55. Is there so much differens between US and Denmark?? > > The other 50% are diagnosed before the age of 55. They are granted with a > triple priviledge : their PD will last longer, they will be short of money, > and they will have to face a social identity problem. > > PD will cause professional life will go decrescendo, over several decades, > more or less like this : > > Phase 1 : Symptoms are relatively mild, and can be hidden while working > Phase 2 : Symptoms become a serious, unpredictable handicap at work > Phase 3 : The patient cannot work whatsoever > > Having stopped working, your income will be reduced to a very low level, > unless you have a good insurance, or your country has a sophisticated Social > Security system, or your employer is really generous. As an extreme example, > we have friends from Russia who know Russian PWP's who cannot afford the drugs >*** In fact it`s terrible hearing that, even I try to follow what`s going on in other countries I know too little about which possibilities pwp have for help in e.g. U.S? > > Having stopped working, you will become nobody : no status, no title, no > dinners, no success, no failure, no nothing ! We all have to go through > identity problems when you retire, but in the case of early PD, we have to > show our wisdom much earlier. ***I think you must not generalize - but I can follow you, BUT there are differens between people, and also among men and woman. I don`t know if I`m right - but I have observed that men about 40 -48 age are more unwilling to accept that they maybe can`t work anymore?? > When diagnosed early, PD comes with two friends : money and identity. You > should identify these unwelcome guests and start fighting now, with top > priority > > > Do you agree ? *** YES I DO. Regards Sonia N Denmark NEVER GIVE UP