I hope so too, the recent publicity may help.
Heard a saying recently that made me laugh - "Never look behind you, something may be gaining on you" !! Personally I'd look round so's to be ready to fight, just in case....

 
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:37:03 -0700
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Parkinsons andd Depression
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 
> Amanda
> 
> the family members with brain problems are all gone,  I'm 78 and stubborn or 
> hard to kill.  I survived ovarian cancer and arterio-venous fistulas.  I'm 
> just  hoping now for a treatment that helps.  Rytary is supposed to be on 
> the market this October my  neuro tells me.  Fingers crossed.
> 
> Ray
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: A Phillips
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 5:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Parkinsons andd Depression
> 
> Ray - as my doctor said to me, if you don't want to die young, then face the 
> fact that something is going to get you.....
> your family is still here, right ?  maybe the "brain problem" is 
> stubbornness ?
> Would be kind of embarrassing to commit suicide the day before somebody 
> found a cure...but I suspect most of us have thought about it.
> 
> btw, I bet Alzheimers is an infection of the brain.
> Amanda
> 
> > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:09:39 +0200
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Parkinsons andd Depression
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Ray, I think committing suicide is cowardly. It is also selfish in a way,
> > especially if you think of the loved ones who end up devastated...
> >
> > Nic 62/20
> >
> >
> > On 15 August 2014 08:18, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > PD is enough to depress anyone.  In early stages I thought about 
> > > suicide,
> > > but figured if I botched it I could end up even worse.  Plus I'm a 
> > > coward.
> > > Clinical depression and PD  is just too much to endure.   DBS is being 
> > > used
> > > for clinical depression as well as  tremor.
> > >
> > > My maternal aunt was bi-polar and attempted suicide several  times, it 
> > > was
> > > awful manic/depression was like being two different people.  her brother
> > > had epilepsy, sister Alzheimer's, my mother trigeminal neuralgia, and 
> > > their
> > > father Parkinson's.  There is definitely a brain problem in my family.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message----- From: Nic Marais
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:29 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: Parkinsons andd Depression
> > >
> > > http://nwpf.org/wellness-center/lifestyle/emotional-cognitive-wellbeing/
> > > depression-anxiety/
> > >
> > > Just read that Robin Williams had early stage Parkinson's disease...
> > >
> > >
> > > Nic 62/20
> > >
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