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How old were you when diagnosed with PD?
Getting a PD diagnosis at any age is frightening, but I cant imagine being stricken at a young age. I was diagnosed at age 61. When were you diagnosed? Did you go for a second opinion?
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52 I couldn’t believe it seemed too young
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Marcus, I do believe the disease also ages us before our time. I have a friend who just turned 90 and she tells me the PD symptoms I have now are what she is experiencing due to her age.
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I was diagnosed at age 34.
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Wow, that’s very young, Markus. How did you feel when you received your diagnosis? Were you surprised? Is there a history of PD in your family? Have you connected with any other young people with PD?
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I was 64 when my initial tremors were misdiagnosed as essential tremor and 66 when they did a definitive DaTscan (I’ll be 70 in June).
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Getting a DaTscan finally convinced me that I had PD.. It was quite frightening to see how my brain was not lit up like it should be 🙁
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