Hi Rowena, There you go, one just doesn't know does one. It does give food for thought about the 'shock' theory though, however, there will be no way to prove that I guess. Jeez, I hope chicken pox is not involved as I could be in trouble...I have had that twice, once as a kid and once the day after our wedding, got it off our 'page boy' !! I have heard one can't get it twice but my old man always insisted I had it when I was a kid, so that means I got it twice. Neville.
----- Original Message ----- From: Rowena To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 3:08 AM Subject: Re: CS>motor neurone disease My MIL was, after her death in her 70s, diagnosed as having had MND. Previously, it had been thought that maybe she was suffering the return of polio that she had as a child. (The Dr then said there was a treatment, but that her mother wouldn't be able to do it. Her mother assured him she would. The treatment was to carry the child everywhere, all day. The mother did this, and my MIL recovered). Also in her history she had Rheumatic Fever once. I asked DH whether she'd had chicken pox or shingles, and he thought she had. And he says she was forever getting shocks. I think she had sustained a profound shock in the period after her husband died. I read the influence of shock on the immune system once. Forget how it goes, now. A physical effect. Rowna
