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Dear Barb-- wow! I had no idea ET could be so severe--I tend to think of
Kathryn Hepburn nodding graciously!  This must be a very difficult thing to
cope with, and no, I wou;ldn't wish ANY chronic disease on ANYONE...thanks
for the additional view of ET.


Barb Mallut wrote:

>Camilla, m'dear.... You sure wouldn't want your "druthers"
>to be essential tremors if you could see the anguish my 34
>year old friend Brian goes thru in his daily life 'cause of having ET.
>
>Brian's had this miserable "Parkinson's Stepchild" of a
>disease since he was TWELVE YEARS OLD, and
>inherited it from the female side of his family.
>
>Just picture almost EVERYTHING one hates about PD,
>minus the stiffness, and that CAN be ET.  Just about any
>PD symptom can and often does happen throughout the
>day of an person with ET, and PD drugs do NOT work at
>ALL for many persons with ET.
SNIPPE

  Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 79/8
  Oxford, OH
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