Very astute, Ray!

Would you still respond to my posts if I changed the spelling of my
name to Rikki?  I'd be the bearded lady.

My niece gets sam from her initials and signs her emails thus.

Rikki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Weber" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 2:27 AM
Subject: Re: Welcome Newbie Sam


> ROFL
>
> Yes, I am female and I have the same problem although I have never
> been
> bestowed an honorary 'reverend-ship'! The (Ms) is an attempt to
> pre-empt
> this confusion but, alas, it is a strategy with limited success... I
> sometimes travel on business with the head of design of one of the
> publishing firms that I work for, and sometimes we have to share a
> room. We
> have often been booked in as Mrs Deidre Loots and Mr Sam Weber -
> smacking of
> a rather unholy tryst... fortunately her husband knows that Mr Sam
> Weber is
> a mostly harmless Ms!
> Thanks for bringing a smile on my face this morning!
> Sam
> *still giggling*
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of rayilynlee
> Sent: 04 January 2006 19:59
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Welcome Newbie Sam
>
>
> Sam, I noticed the (Ms) after your name in an email.  Are you
> female, I go
> by Ray instead of Rayilyn because its easier, but I'm often mistaken
> for a
> man.  Once I got  credit cards for Rayilyn Brown, Mrs Rayilyn Brown,
> and get
> this, the Reverend Rayilyn Brown!
> Ray
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sam Weber" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 3:33 AM
> Subject: Re: Welcome Newbies
>
>
>> Rayinlee
>>
>> Thank you for this very moving e-mail... your words have touched me
>> deeply...
>>
>> Thank you also for your advice to do what we love doing for as long
>> as we
>> can. I intend to take this advice. I also intend to honour you, and
>> everybody else who is no longer able to do the thing I can, every
>> time I
>> do
>> something that makes me happy.
>>
>> With love
>> Sam
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of rayilynlee
>> Sent: 03 January 2006 20:50
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Welcome Newbies
>>
>>
>> The addition of so many newbies reminds us that Parkinson's is busy
>> claiming
>> more people.
>>
>> You are on an uncertain journey as we are all so different in our
>> reactions
>> to meds, progression of the disease and our attitude about it.
>>
>> There has not really been anything new in the way of treatment
>> since I was
>> diagnosed ten years ago.  Since the brain is so complicated and
>> little
>> understood, it is unlikely, barring a serendipitous event, that
>> the
>> outlook
>> will change in the near future, given the squabbles on the state
>> level
>> over
>> nuclear transfer and ESCR and an impasse at the federal level.
>>
>> Why did we get it?  Who knows.  My grandfather died of it, I had
>> very
>> toxic
>> chemotherapy for ovarian cancer and used to flea bomb my condo for
>> my
>> dogs.
>>
>> Some people get relief from PD meds.  Sinemet helped me once on the
>> first
>> dose, but never again so I don't take any PD meds.  Two DBS brain
>> surgeries
>> 2-1/2 years ago control my bilateral tremors but I strangle when I
>> try to
>> speak.  Is that due to PD progression or the DBS surgery?  Who
>> knows.
>>
>> Because I live alone, I keep going because I have to, with help
>> once a
>> week.
>> Many posters are caregivers and we never hear from the PWP.  When I
>> joined
>> the  list 6 years ago, Bob Armentrout welcomed me. He shared his
>> very
>> graphic, dark, and reality-based poems about his PD with me.  I
>> have not
>> heard from him since.
>>
>> The only advice I would have for newbies, is do all you really want
>> to do
>> and can do NOW!  When I was first diagnosed at 60 I had a
>> "honeymoon"
>> period  for about 3-4 years and could have done more traveling.
>>
>>
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