Hi Drew,
Welcome to the room, I liked your letter, this is a good place to vent.
We are here for you when ever you need us ok. I love Disney land also. If
you where on some drugs for this PD it would help you out allot. They help
me and I am able to run and do allot of things. Janice 52/50/46 the
numbers stand for age now age when DX and age when first signs of this PD
----- Original Message -----
From: DisneyFreak <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 10:12 AM
Subject: HI, I'm Drew
> >
>
> Hi, this is one of the hardest but most healthy letters I'll every write.
I
> am 29 and have PD. I'm not on medicine because my doctor doesn't even
fill my
> anti-depressant and I don't want to get sicker then I already am.
>
> My sister is in denial because many of my symptoms were misdiagnosed by
another
> Physician (I once had Fibromiolgia, Diabetes Type 1 and many many more as
> tension and migraine headaches, bad posture, lack of sleep, depression
etc. )
> Then I went to the hospital and they gave me HALDOL for sleep (Which
seemed to
> kicked it in worse) and I was stiff the next day, hunched with a mask
like
> face. 6 months later I still have trouble walking forward without
> walking/falling backward, am hunched slightly, stiff in my my pelvis and
> depression and anxiety, sleep flexed.
>
> And most of all I'm tired of people saying people my age can't get it
cos
> we're too young!!!
>
> Guess what, we are not. I went from a computer programmer, Webmaster,
> competitive Figure Skater(ice), student, and Disneyland lover. Now, I can
> barely do any of the above. Actually I can go to Disneyland if I save it
up.
> I live in Southern Calif. Yeah!!!!!!
>
> Drew Devlin
> [log in to unmask]
>
> http://www.maggiescafe.net/
> http://www.disneyfreak.org
>
> Life's no fun without a good scare...
> This is Halloween, this is Halloween...
> Everyone Scream
> In this town, we call home;
> Everyone hail to the Pumpkin Song.
>
> From: The Nightmare Before Christmas
> Touchstone Pictures
>
