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grandmajudy
Status
10/07
06/28/09
01/20/10
grandmajudy
Sex: F
Data Quality: 1 star
PD: 30 yrs
Hoehn-Yahr 3
Mouth/throat: moderate
Arms: mild
Chest: moderate
Legs: moderate
grandmajudy
Female, 59 years
Jamestown, NY
Condition History
Problems Walking
01/80
03/05
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About Me
I am a 57 year old wife,mother and grandmother. My symptoms first started in 1980. First noticed having trouble speakingand walking with a gait. I went to Cleveland Clinic in 1984 where I was one of the first patients to have an MRI> I was given a tensilon test witch I passed. The Dr. put me on Mestinon and told me to come back in a year. They didn't have a diagnosis. He said that it could be a rare form of Dystrophy. Leaving his office he said that I was like a rare bird. Which didn't make me very happy. From that time until the next time I saw a neurologist I became very depressed.... More…
PDRS : 36 latest: 05/03/09
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Weight : 186 lb latest: 06/28/09
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