From: CAM <[log in to unmask]>

  Dick:

  Everything you've said is absolutely spot on, and I couldn't agree more. It's
  also said beautifully,
  I might add.  I would like to encourage you to write more for us and, with
  permission, allow me to
  spread your well-written and -conceived thoughts to the
  [log in to unmask]  For a start, I'd like to repost our "How Long"
  discussion so far...
   I  Dick  wrote:

  > Charlotte,
  >
  > Of course none of us wants to wait even a  year for better treatments
  > for PD. This decade was billed as the decade of the brain. Predictions
  > were made, and widely accepted, that a cure, or at least markedly
  > improved treatments, would be forthcoming before it was over. Enormous
  > progress has been made, with new drugs and surgical procedures used
  > widely, but treatment has not been revolutionized, and it is not clear
  > how much better off the typical patient is, if he is better off at all.
  > So far our hopes have been deferred, and many have been badly
  > disappointed by the limited success of the new treatments.
  >
  > Many promising areas are under investigation. A large fraction of the
  > results will lead nowhere, and some that seem to succeed will have
  > limited application. It is therefore important that wide ranging
  > research to develop better treatments be supported, so that any small
  > amount of real gold may be found that would otherwise remain lost in the
  > huge amount of ore there is to pick through.
  >
  > Dick
  >
  > EMPOWERMENT FOR A CURE AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE
--
Charlotte Mancuso
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