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Janet, I just had to say to you that this was one of your best,down to earth writings. I felt it came from your HEART and was very uplifting. You should do it more often. I was uplifted!!!! Shirley -----Original Message----- From: janet marie paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sunday, February 13, 2000 4:59 PM Subject: Re: reply to bill harrington >hi all > >At 05:15 PM 2000/02/13 -0500, bill wrote: >>I Just read the latest digest and had some brief comments. >>W/O referring to who said what I submit PARKINSONS IS FATAl, >>you may die of complications of the disease but that is >>merely semantics. ... > >if i take that a step further i get to: >life is fatal! >i could get run over by a truck tomorrow >i refuse to put all my worries and 'catastrophisings' into one basket! > >>As well, it does affect your mental process, the most common >>problem being severe depression. Also short term memory loss, >>confusion, in my case compulsive obsessive behavior...Classifying >>PD as a purely physical degeneration would be a grave mistake. ... > >absolutely! >i have always advocated eliminating the 'stigma' surrounding 'mental problems' >if i need help with walking there is no stigma >if i need help with depression there should be no stigma there either >it's all just brain chemicals needing some tweaking > >>Did I mention dementia? To be fair, many of the mental problems >>come with prolonged use of the medications. Whether God is male >>or female, he or she saved me from 4 suicide attempts so I finally >>decided to stick it out till HE or SHE comes to get me... > >good one, bill! >i'm glad to hear it! >s/he probably has some plans for you yet! > >>Getting back to fatality and pd, I think you get a taste of >>death the day you're diagnosed... > >i think i know what you mean >i felt like i had been given 'a death sentence' >but in fact as i look back on it now, i find i was mistaken >that sensation was due to the shock and the fear and the ignorance... >all gone now, i am grateful to be able to say > >>Strangly enough I've often commented that the main problem >>with PD is it doesnt kill you fast enough. It comes as no shock >>to people when you finally pass on. THey don't see the years >>you've lost of "Normal" life... > >i dunno about that word 'normal' >it's sort of like 'average' and other 'statistics' >i don't think they exist as real live breathing people > >i know that it can be hard to get over a perceived loss >but looking backwards is a heck of a good way to get run over by a truck! > >loss is only one aspect of the impact pd has had on me >it has also made me sit up and take notice and do some prioritising >which has resulted in my discovery of and passion for writing >which was all part and parcel of my discovery of and passion for this medium > >i still get shivers when i think of all of us on this planet >becoming 'used to' the idea of instant communication on a one-to-one basis > >i have no idea what's going to happen next >but i can't wait to find out! > >with love > >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