Joao Paulo....

See my reply interlaced within the body of your message, below.

 READ ON:

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From:   PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf
of Joao Paulo Carvalho
Sent:   Sunday, January 05, 1997 6:21 AM
To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject:        Re: MD Ignorance Or "Sugarcoating"

Barbara Mallut wrote:
>
> In the 20 or so years I've had PD, viewed from where I am today, I can see
> that the internal medicine and/or general MD's I've been to over the years
> showed an abysmal lack of knowledge about PD.  Beyond Sinemet, their lack of
> PD drug awareness simply appeared to be nonexistent.


Barb Big_Honey :-) ...as you usually do you put the finger in the
wounds.

I wish I had more then mere band-aids to put on all them wounds, tho...

> There was a huge difference when I finally was seen by Dr. Iacono at Loma
> Linda University School of Medicine, as HE is prolly one of this country's
> pre-eminent movement disorder specialists.  WHAT a difference that made in
PD
>>
But here you let me in the air with this word prolly...I supose it means
pioneer ? or similar word as long I can't find it in the Webster.

Always happy to oblige...

pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent (prê-èm¹e-nent) adjective
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding.

> I don't know as I see the MDs not "catching" all the problems inherent with
> having PD.  Personally, I simply think that most dismiss much of what they
> read about or hear from their PD patients as being unimportant to not only
> their patient's welfare but to the welfare of the greater PD community.  I
> believe there's a gross lack of sensitivity amongst the GENERAL medical
> community to all the miserable subtle nuances of this disease (and
truthfully,
> that includes many other diseases, too).  Unfortunately it's often that a
> collection of those individual subtle nuances piled one on top of the other
> within our respective bodies that makes our life so often rather tortured.
>
> It's that "no biggee" attitude frequently found amongst some MDs when they
see
> the PD patient who has come to them for relief of symptoms that drives me
> nuts... because it IS a "biggee" when it's MY body.  No one in this group
EVER
> dismisses anyone who needs to talk about their PD... not HERE.
>
 Here I am lost again with yours "biggee" (any relation to big ? ).

"Biggee" and "no biggee" are slang for "big," and "It's no problem."  Now WHY
"No biggee" mean "no problem," I couldn't  tell ya.  Just an oddity of the
language, I guess.

Barb Mallut
"Lil_Honey" on the PD chat
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