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It's a small world isn't it…It's a small world ….sung to Disney's music. I am feeling so good since connecting with Requip that I wanted to share a few PD moments that have occurred since last Saturday nights support group party held at Dr. Perez's home. At the party I met a woman who has had PD for 16 years. I will call her LC. I spent time with her and she has had a palladomanty and is depressed. Wednesday my buddy Skip had an appointment with Dr. Perez. We hang around together so I went to the hospital with Skip for his appointment with Dr. Perez. While Skip was being questioned by the nurse practitioner, Dr. Perez asked me to accompany him on his hospital rounds. One of the patients was LC from the party. After Skip completed his exam by Dr. Perez we went back to visit LC. I promised I would stop back on Thursday to see her. I had an appointment on Thursday with a cardiologist in the hospital so I went early to visit LC. I arrived at noon and she was dressed sitting in the hall waiting till 5PM for her boy friend to come and take her home. I had just enough time to take her home to avoid her sitting in the hall for 5 hours. I got back just in time for my appointment. Maureen waited in the reception area and overheard a woman talking about PD. When I completed my exam, Maureen mentioned that a lady in front of us had had a PD conversation with her daughter. I went over and introduced myself to the lady. Her husband has had PD for 26 years (longest period that I am personally aware of) Her husband is house confined and we chatted for about 45 minutes. I invited her to the support group meetings. She said they had previous attended but had not been in ten years. She said they had a friend that they had lost touch named L.C. This was of course the lady I had just met and taken home from the hospital. I was able to advise them how to get in touch again. Nosey me in the right place at the right time. The same day while waiting in the doctor's office, I struck up a conversation with some patients waiting for their first appointment with Doctor Perez. I asked then if they were on the listserv and how they happen to travel from Utica to Syracuse for treatment. Their handle is sugar & Spice and they said Dale Severance had answered their internet inquire in Central NY for a movement disorder specialist. I tried to keep a straight face but at this point she realized that she was talking to Dale Severance from the internet. She filed her own report of her meeting with the doctor and myself a day or two ago.