^^^^^^  WARM GREETINGS  FROM  ^^^^^^^^^^^^  :-)
 Ivan Suzman        49/39/36       [log in to unmask]   :-)
 Portland, Maine    land of lighthouses        49   deg. F   :-)
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49 feels so secure, like an old friend
whose still-youthful, firm hand extends
with self-assurance

I do not want to release
49 feels still-young and free

at 6:21 this morning I will turn 50
(although since conception , I am
well into my 51st year of life)

am i still YOPD at 50, or am i
a fourteen-year survivor of EOPD?

should Michael J. Fox reach
50 uncured, how will he feel?

People say I look young,
that I can tell the world I am turning 39.

OK , world, I am trying not to say goodbye
to my younger friends who are hovering,
still 40-something,
 like Jeanetteand Joan,
and 30-something,
like Michael,
and 20-something,
like Jacob,
and 10-something.

I FEEL for you, young ones.

Maybe I am ready for the
transition, maybe not.  Dennis
did it, janet  did it,

 why am I unwilling
to surrender my youth?

or am I PD which started too early?


I am grateful for the folks in the laboratories
at the NPF.  I am grateful for the Udalling
that mary y. has done.  I am grateful for
the courage of Anne R. and the stiff-upper-lip
of Hilary, and the IYQ's of uncle Don.
I am grateful to know I have a family
who try to  understand  me.

My hero is still 50-ish but not
60!

Mr. Muhammad  Ali, take a bow.

          Let's
raise money together.
I know a dynamo if encino
who could be emcee

 Hey now, a 50's gala for PD!
I just found a tux at goodwill
so for $17. 95  I  now have a 43-long
ready for fundraisers.
and I have been given 3 tux shirts

when I am feeling tuxxy,
I can raise PD funds like a whirlwind.

Let's cure it! And let's push hard, and
open the closed doors along the way.

Thank you all for being here,
from your friend at

cureit @ juno.com

(ivan  mfowethu suzman)

I am grateful for the little stars who
won PDF grants, who  might end the
suffering for some of us

Maybe my I.D. should be
50/14

The moon is full and lustrous
I think I should go look at it
again

And be thankful for all of you.