I think my anger gets me going, sometimes.  I think I can channel it,
take it out on something that I just have to get done today.  I can
use the energy to complete the workout, get the taxes done, or
anything else.  The thing to avoid when you're angry is sitting and
waiting.  Then my neck and shoulders turn to stone, and my hand flaps
like a shutter in a hurricane.

Anyone ever see "Anger Management" with Jack Nicholson and Adam
Sandler?

Enjoy Spring!
Rick McGirr
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----- Original Message -----
From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?


> Dear Don and Dr. Bernie,
>
> I am the first to admit that my anger is not doing me any good.
Believe me,
> I would rather be playing golf, bridge,the piano, decorating,
gardening,
> working, volunteering, bowling, dancing, but I can't do any of those
things.
> I can't even get to a fairly local ACLU meeting.
>
> However my conclusions about Bush and his cronies and their policies
would
> be the same if I was well....having PD does give me added fire and
> intensity.
>
> Last Friday I drug my body out for my weekly trip to the local Red
Lobster.
> As I was muscling my walker back in my car another car pulled up and
some
> women got out.  One was  a woman with PD and  a younger one got her
walker
> out and it was like mine - 4 wheels, a seat, but it had brakes.
>
> The woman with PD had the same passive expression that cancer
victims had
> when I went to a "party" for them at Good Samaritan in LA when I had
ovarian
> cancer in  1979  I fled the "party."
>
> I talked to the younger woman who commented how good it was to see
someone
> with PD out and "enjoying life"  I didn't make some smart remark but
> gratefully received her blessings.
>
> What disturbed me was the expression on the woman with PD's face. I
may have
> the "mask" too by now, but the younger woman told me she was in the
early
> stages and I don't think it was the PD mask.
>
> If anyone knows what I can do as a substitute for beating up on
Bush, let me
> know, please.
> Otherwise I will go down fighting, Ray
> PS - Dixieland music is my favorite, and I used to treadmill and
dance to
> it.  Am going to try to get back to it when pool is done.  Problem
is it
> excites me too much.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bernard Barber Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:09 AM
> Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?
>
>
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > It is not my indented to alter your decisions one way or another,
but I
> > wonder if you might question why such open anger occurs.
> >
> > As PD increases there is an increase in Frustration and
Aggression.
> > I do not believe in the suppression of that which is felt. Denial
of that
> > pain only adds to the complexity of the disease. So what's wrong
with
> > being
> > angry? Better than bombing and killing the liberals, hey?
> >
> > Have you a better object in mind other than god, Bush and the
Radical
> > Right
> > that wants everyone to believe as they do?
> >
> > Have you tried listening to some good old Dixieland music?
> >
> >
> > Bernie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Adams
> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:23 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?
> >
> >        I happen to be a not very religious person but I am a
social
> > conservative,
> > and I HAVE HAD PD OVER 7 YEARS (to answer that question quickly).
I have
> > very troublesome and  limiting symptoms on which I will not
elaborate. I
> > am
> > NOT helped by reading the constant religious and political sniping
and I
> > have just about reached the point of leaving PIEN because of that.
I'm
> > sure
> > that the parties who insist on engaging in the activity to which I
refer
> > will wish me their synonym for "God speed".  I can only respond by
saying
> > that no doubt I am not the only PWP who has had just about enough,
or who
> > will reluctantly say goodbye. This PIEN List has gone from one
which
> > provided useful and helpful input by PD sufferers down to what we
see
> > today. There are undoubtedly other venues for those who wish to
vent their
> > anger over problems with stem cell research, (as if that will
provide an
> > instant cure!) and other political complaints. And why vent
bitterness
> > here
> > over the bad hand that fate or life has dealt most of us on this
list?
> > There are always those who see themselves as martyrs for whom
nothing will
> > help, and as victims of  George Bush and Republicans, if not God.
> >
> > Don Adams
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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