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Sure R. Carole --- janet marie paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At 06:55 PM 2000/02/12 -0500, carole wrote: > >Hi Audrey: I think Parkinsonians are notoriously > prickly, > >but perhaps that is a common denominator in ANY > >individual with a chronic, progressive, incurable > >disease.We're not always good company. We are easy to > spin > >out of control. Especially when someone is pushing our > >buttons. Which is why I am TRYING to learn to count to > 10 > >(make that 110) before opening my mouth (or responding > to > >an E-mail) So I won't require further surgical > intervention > >re: > >foot-in-mouth... Carole > > > if i may add a small corollary to carole's comments > emotions and even tears seem to rise much closer to the > surface > once a previously 'normal' human has crossed into the > 'parkie zone' > > [something to do with dopamine aka the > 'feel-good-brain-chemical'] > [which is also implicated in some forms of addiction] > [that was the 'hey'!] > > rose lane said something like: > we may think we are responsible for the way others treat > us > but we can only be responsible for the way we treat > others > > IF i am able to absorb that concept in all of its layers > i find that all those old 'buttons' which can be so > vulnerable to being 'pushed' > have miraculously disappeared > > [but some days that's a mighty big 'if'...] > > Emotions R Us > > janet > > janet paterson > 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset > a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ > 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com