^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ivan Suzman 48/12 [log in to unmask] Portland, Maine Land of lighthouses 68 deg. F ******************************************************************** : >> >> 1. PWP's name > Ivan Suzman >> 2. PWP's location (city, state/province) > Portland, Maine >> 3. PWP's/your E-mail address > [log in to unmask] >> 4. PWP's occupation > unable to work...was a college teacher...now a Parkinson's advocate >> 5. PWP's relatives with PD (if any) and the following info on them >as well as PWP > None >> 6. gender > male >> 7. Onset Age (first symptoms) > Approximately age 37 >> 8. Diagnosis Age (when doctors diagnosed PD) > 39.4 >> 9. Age now > 48.8 >> 10. other illnesses PWPs have had > mononucleosis >> 11. chemicals PWPs have been exposed to > dissection-room formaldehyde >> 12. other trauma PWPs have endured loss of my home to fire and six months' homelessness >> 13. Ethnicity of PWPs (certain Italian and Chinese families have had >> unusual clusters of PD, so Ethnic Background may be a factor) eastern European Jewish >> 14. Brief history of geopraphic locations PWPs have lived in (if >> you've grown up in a pristine mountain valley or a huge smoggy city >it >> could make a difference) >> Providence, Hanover NH, Toronto, Oakland, Cal, Johannesburg, South Africa, rural Maine, Portland, Maine