----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Anibal <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: zaterdag 30 oktober 1999 1:47
Subject: Re: Government !!!!


> Tina:
> Sorry to see you are so cynical about the search for a cure for PD  etc.
The
> nature of the beast (PD) is such that a tremendous amount of research is
> necessary to first understand what the disease is. Sure, we are told that
it
> is due to the death of cells in the substantia nigra. But firsr tey must
> understand the why of the cell death.  This requires knowledge of a
> fantastic amount of chemistry of the brain. Thus the remendous amount of
> research on brain chemistry. In the course of such research they have
found
> out some brain chemistry which has resulted in sinemet, mirapex, tasmar
and
> the other drugs to treat the PD beast. My guess is that you are not
> acquainted with such things as the various surgeries and cell implantation
> techniques. Stick around here and you will find out a lot.
>
> As to Polio being the last cure - please realize that finding a cure for a
> disease caused by an organism is a lot simpler than finding a cure for PD.
> To oversimplify- to find a cure for such a disease first find the organism
> then find a way to kill it or help the body neutralize or kill it.  Other
"
> cures" in the past few decades have been the anti-biotics used to CURE
> various diseases.
> You finish your letter by saying  " Hope everyone had a nice day"  - well,
> frankly,  reading your letter  kind of spoiled my day a little. I feel
sorry
> for you and fervently hope that in time you will realize that humanity is
> not hopeless.
> Bob Anibal
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tina <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 5:01 PM
> Subject: Government !!!!
>
>
> > You guys are real nice and upbeat, but I have to say my own opinion.  I
> > was dx in June with PD, and I am a fighter, so it doesn't bother me that
> > much.  I realize I will have to make adjustments down the road.  The way
> > I see it though, the only thing government and research companies are
> > going to do, is help us live with it.  There will not be a cure because
> > the drug companies are making too much money.  I mean come on, all the
> > technology we have today, and the last thing we came up with a cure for
> > was Polio.  I really think we can have a cure for everything by now, but
> > why when you make all this money off drugs.  Hope I didn't offend
> > anyone, just wanted to get that off my chest.  Hope everyone had a nice
> > day.
> >
> > Tina from Ohio
> >
>