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Marling, Wendy etc Who cares whether its drug induced or not. No, that's not fair; to Wendy that is very important. But what I'm trying to say is that, regardless of the cause of the PD, the fact is we have it. And that's that. And somethings has to be done abpout it 1. we need a cure. Not more than all those wonderful old people entering the twilight of their lives - but just as much! 2. We need recognition; somebody somewhere has to realise hat we are a separate class of people with a separate class of problems - we are not frail and elderly (How I hate that phrase) we are certainly not elderly , amd I don't think we qualify as frail - not all the time anyway. But there are times when we need assistance, and special consideration. 3. We need medical insurance and social security. 4. And then, maybe, we could be able to give something back - pay off some of our debt to society,. There is nothing I would like more in the world than not to have to depend on the first three points. Hilary Blue ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Marling McReynolds wrote: > > Wendy, > This is exactly what I want to change. I wish doctors and the > general public would recognize early onset PD as real and not the > rarity that they seem to think it is. > I must admit that as my problems grew between 40 and 45 I > thought often of PD. Then when my tremor started (45) I knew > even though my doctor did not want to admit it. He even wrote to > the neuro before I went to see him the next year that he believed I > had PD. But, he would not admit that to me. I was still too young > at 46. Now I wish I had spoken up sooner, but that is gone. What > is still here is our opportunity to change the mindset of this country > and maybe the world about early onset PD. > Let's do it. > > "don't forget how to laugh, and do it often" > [log in to unmask] > http://members.tripod.com/~marling