Dear FRONTLINE,

i understand your story all too well. i was dxed w/ young onset pd in 1991 & i am 57 yrs old. 3 yrs ago, my sainted mother was given the same dxes & early last year my 12 yr younger brother was dxed as well. i actually suspect that two of my other siblings are in the same boat but refuse to go to find out. my story is found on your 'Readings & Links' heading (if you follow that to the Parkinson's hope link and from there to patient profiles under the community tab).

my website is: www.calipso-pd.org if you would be interested in finding out anything else about me. congratulations on your groundbreaking research & the story that you tell. i wish you all the best & i wish all the pd community much success w/ President Obama in charge!

Joan Blessington Snyder
Chillicothe , IL