Leo Fuhr wrote:
> Paul Lauer said in part:
>
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> To which I reply:
> That is basically what my diagnosing neurologist said to me. The MRI
> showed I did NOT have a tumor or evidence of a stroke and having ruled out
> those two possibilities, he thought I might have Parkinson's disease even
> though at age 47 you are too young.
>
> That was when I let out my breath, figuring not a brain tumor or not a
> stroke should be good news. It wasn't until later after reading about the
> progression of pd and that there is no cure that I began to worry about
> havind pd.
>
> Jeanette Fuhr 49/47/44?
That is an exact replay of my first day with my neurologist--and I'm 47 too.
After the MRI report came in ...The "good" news was that I have PD.
Gave me a prescription for Sinemet and said "taking this is like wearing
glasses".
It was a long three hour drive home...
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Ray Strand
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...on the edge of the prairie abyss ......................
47/47/45
