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Gerry, et al... To add to the growing list of PWP's who've lived with PD since a relatively youthful age, I first got PD symptoms at approx.. age 32, tho it went undiagnosed for 8 years 'cause of the vagueness of the symptoms and my age. I was FINALLY diagnosed to age 40 and am now (GULP) almost 57. I had a successful unilateral pallidotomy in Oct. of 1994, and worked until July of '97. There IS life after Parkinson's - HONEST!!! It might not be what ya planned for when you were growing up, but then how many people WITHOUT PD ever end up with their youthful plans for their future actually coming to fruition? Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Gerry & Brig Haines <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Tell me more! and more and more >Please understand, not all 46 year olds end up in a wheel chair. My husband >was 46 when he was diagnosed and at 60 (as of 1 month) he still is not in a >wheel chair. >Don't get me wrong, he certainly has progressed, but not a wheel chair yet. >You are right, this is such an individualized disease that no one knows for >sure how it will end up. Just don't give up, Brig worked the first 7 years, >and it wasn't easy, but he still did it and still gets around. >Gerry