Thanks for the info, Gerry! I haven't come to any conclusions yet, but it
seems that those "out of the blue" cases are genetic, or at least somewhat
genetic. By "somewhat genetic" I mean that those people may have had the
genetic tendency towards PD, so if they were exposed to something which
might seem too minute to have any effects, that may have caused or triggered
PD. It's all very confusing! Thanks again for your help!
Becky
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerry & Brig Haines <[log in to unmask]>
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 4:03 AM
Subject: Re: Becky Potts study
>Hoping we are not too late.
>I'm answering for my husband Brig.
>1. Brignal E. Haines
>2. Bethlehem, Pa.
>3. [log in to unmask]
>4. Disabled, Formerly Safety Supervisor for Trucking Companies.
>5. Distant 4th cousin
>6. male
>7. 46. Problem with gait, did not swing left arm
>8. Diagnosed almost a year later, after all tests, originally thought had a
>slight stroke. Had a muscle nerve test by neuro. who said immediately,
knew
>what was wrong, said he treated a doctor with the same symptoms,.47.
>9. 59
>10. same year diagnosed, came down with bladder cancer, and abm aorta.
>Otherwise, never sick, not even colds.
>11. Spent 1 year in Nevada, at test site, exposed to radiation.
>12. None aware of
>13. English and Slovak
>14. Grew up Wilkes Barre, Pa. lg coal mining town, spent time in
>Newfoundland, Canada, with USNavy. now live in Bethlehem, Pa. steel city.
>
>Becky,
>I speak at support groups as an advocate, and one thing I have found as I
talk
>to them, most of them were very healthy, never sick, like Brig, PD came out
of
>the blue. I ask this question at every group, I speak to, and the answer
is
>always the same.
>Gerry ([log in to unmask])
>
