Dear Ray,
Sorry to hear about the bruising you took from the dentist needles.  One
question: you wouldn't suggest to a blind person that they keep using a
seeing eye dog with catarracts to cross the street, so why ....?  Your story
reminded me of the first time  I had to testify in Family Court as an expert
witness (as a psychologist). I was dismayed to find out that the judge was
deaf.  Of course, that wasn't as bad as the second time: the judge was a
raving paranoid schizophrenic alcoholic.   Hope your recovery goes well,
David


>From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Dentists//PD/DBS/David
>Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:39:53 -0700
>
>David, thanks for your concern.  Tooth popped out easily after he scared me
>about how difficult it might be to extract.  However, he really hurt me
>with the novocain injections, creating a huge hematoma.  I look like I've
>been beaten up by Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly, have big purple bruise on
>right side of face.  I am usually pretty lucky with dental procedures, but
>having PD makes everything harder, being unable to talk to explain
>DBS/dental precautions, etc., he must have been in a hurry.  The
>endodontist
>(he verified the tooth that was the culprit) was really nice that I saw
>Thursday and a friend of his had had successful DBS for dystonia.  My
>CG/helper is a wonderful person, but is not too sophisticated re medical
>matters and it is very frustrating as she has a hearing problem and I a
>speaking one.   I'm hoping the blood clot will gradually dissolve.  My Mom
>also had one when neurosurgeon missed nerve and hit blood vessel near
>nerve/hole to brain during surgery for trigeminal neuralgia.  It took a
>year
>to go away.
>Ray
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "DAVID LEWIN" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 6:55 AM
>Subject: Re: ILLINOIS SUPPORTs ESCRBev
>
>
>>Dear Ray,
>>"Is it safe?"  Here's hoping that you don't have Dr. Mengele for a
>>dentist.
>>Good luck with your procedure.  And let's hope that that lovely gadfly
>>brain
>>of yours doesn't get zapped.  We need your passionate intelligence.  David
>>
>>
>>>From: rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: ILLINOIS SUPPORTs ESCRBev
>>>Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:07:10 -0700
>>>
>>>Bev
>>>
>>>This is what I have been saying.  Jehovah's Witnesses don't prevent me
>>>from
>>>getting a blood transfusion and Christian Scientists don't  keep me from
>>>seeing a doctor.  But because of Bush and his "religious right" base we
>>>must
>>>struggle and fight them as well as PD.  They are crafty, well-organized
>>>and
>>>dedicated to stalling research.  A few actually suffer from disease and
>>>disability and they have managed to make the "choice" for all of us.
>>>Prop
>>>71 passed in CA over 2  years ago. We are now fighting state by state,
>>>winning some, losing others while research goes on elsewhere.  This is
>>>good,
>>>but not everyone is physically and financially able to travel abroad for
>>>help.
>>>It is difficult to express how outraged I am that we are even discussing
>>>this.  It is especially bad for me today as I am suffering from 2 raging
>>>toothaches while worrying about the effect the dentist's drill may have
>>>on
>>>my neurotransmitter implants or whether the teeth can just be extracted.
>>>If
>>>my brain does not get "fried" today I will continue to fight as long as I
>>>can.
>>>In my opinion more people need to get on a soap box, not less, Ray
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Beverly Bashe" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:41 AM
>>>Subject: Re: ILLINOIS JOINS STATES SUPPORTING ESCR
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't know about you, but I'm getting so sick of these moralizing
>>>>people
>>>>trying to tell me (and mine) what I can or cannot do as long as I'm not
>>>>harming another person.  Who are they to say whether or not my husband
>>>>can
>>>>have a chance at life?  Or, heaven forbid, my children---in case that PD
>>>>is
>>>>a hereditary disease.  I don't believe that a religious leader or some
>>>>holier-than-thou group has the right to inhibit research that can repair
>>>>a
>>>>life.  If stem cell research can hold the cure for many neurological
>>>>diseases, then go for it...especially if the stem cells are not killing
>>>>another human (read "fetus").  If these stem cells are to be put in the
>>>>garbage, or if they're manufactured another way, I cannot conceive of a
>>>>greater waste than for them not to be used to better humankind.
>>>>
>>>>I understand that lots of people have negative opinions about the use of
>>>>the
>>>>above....  To them, I say, "Then don't use the meds that develop from
>>>>these
>>>>experiments if you or yours should become ill...and these meds are
>>>>recommended to you on the chance they might cure you."  In the meantime,
>>>>don't interfere with the millions of people who stand to gain from this
>>>>research.  It's truly NOT YOUR BUSINESS.
>>>>
>>>>OK...I'll get off my soap box now.
>>>>
>>>>Bev
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:31 PM
>>>>Subject: ILLINOIS JOINS STATES SUPPORTING ESCR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Illinois became the first Midwestern state to use taxpayer dollars for
>>>>>stem
>>>>>cell research Monday when Gov. Rod Blagojevich awarded $10 million in
>>>>>grants
>>>>>to a group of Chicago scientists. Their work will include embryonic
>>>>>stem
>>>>>cell research.
>>>>>
>>>>>A few other states, including California, Connecticut and New Jersey,
>>>>>have
>>>>>spent taxpayer dollars on the research since President George W. Bush
>>>>>in
>>>>>2001 forbade the use of federal funding for embryonic stem cell
>>>>>research.
>>>>>Supporters say the science could produce near-miraculous cures for the
>>>>>worst
>>>>>diseases, but opponents respond that it is morally wrong to try to
>>>>>derive
>>>>>medical treatments from some human cells.
>>>>>
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