Hi Rick

I read about this some time back, and even had a lady friend who suffered from this indicated by ataxia and parkinson-like symptoms. Barbara was never given a definitive diagnosis (are any of us?) She was in a study at NIH (Bethesda, MD)) where they were thinking she had sensitivity to gluten. That stuff is in everything!

Barbara began to lose her voice and fall more frequently and passed away suddenly. They surmised that she had choked (how horrible!). I have developed a fissure after my second cervical fusion (neck) and know how frightening choking can be.

Anyway, I'm glad you brought this up. Wouldn't it be something to find out that you could control symptoms with diet alone? I do wish they would get busy and improve imaging studies or something to "prove" we have PD. Our diagnoses are so ambiguous!

Peggy