Re: I was wondering

[Guest guest]

hmmmmm

lets see my dad was a helo pilot for the navy, no war zones, thank God, he was a

chronic alcoholic and a heavy smoker. dad started his hallucinations and

unexplained falls abou 1993-4. that would put him at exactly 60 years old at

teh oonset. sharon m

Date: 2005/08/11 Thu AM 11:58:08 EDT

To: LBDcaregivers

Subject: I was wondering

a smile a day, keeps the meanies away!!!!

[Guest guest]

Penny,

Dad was 75 when I first noticed any symptoms and over 80 when he was diagnosed.

Margee

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> Date: 2005/08/11 Thu AM 11:58:08 EDT

> To: LBDcaregivers

> Subject: I was wondering

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[Guest guest]

I don't know of any chemical exposures my Dad had. He did serve in

World War II, but he spent the entire war in Norwich, England as a

clerk. Back then, they didn't give the soldiers the vaccines that

could be triggers either.

The only possible environmental exposures are broom straw as a child

and second hand smoke as an adult. Dad's father, then brother and

nephew all ran small-scale broom shops. However, Dad didn't like

working in the factory, so when he was old enough to help out, he

worked on the sales end of the business. I don't think the second

hand smoke was any more than any other adult in the 1950s and 1960s

experienced. By 1968, even that was nearly gone since Dad got his

own (smoke-free) office and Mother quit smoking inside the house.

As far as travel, the only time Dad was out of the country was the 3

years during the war he was stationed in England. He lived all of

his life in Dallas or Keene Texas. No agricultural or garden

chemicals either. Having a garden implies work which Dad avoided at

all costs.

There also is no significant history of dementia of any sort in his

family, either. His mother was one of 12 and his father was one of

6. Of the 17 that lived to adulthood, all lived to be over 60, most

over 70, and only one had any sign of dementia. Neither of Dad's

siblings had dementia, and both lived to be over 75.

I don't know if this means anything except that the LBD trigger may

be incredibly hard to pin down.

Margee