Thank you, Hilary, for joining in so quickly!
Dr. McKay, you are on the right track! I am glad
that you said that the substantia nigra cells
"APPEAR" to be dead.
Dead or dormant? Or blocked? Or crusted over?
.
Sometimes when I look in the mirror too early, , I have
serious doubts ...maybe I appear dead-to-the-world!
Really, I still believe that Dr. McKay is correct, that
our cells really are NOT dead...I maintain that
the substantia nigra cells are.just DORMANT.
We all talk about toxic side-effects of Sinemet
or Madopar. OK scientists, lets talk:
Somebody on PIEN (who was it?) said that if you
take a Sinemet, break it, and leave it in a white
sink overnight, it BLACKENS the sink.
And it stains the urine. So does Tasmar. Mine
sometimes looks like.... bright orange Gatorade?
The point is, in LIFE, NOT post-mortem, would antioxidants
clear up the MESS that blocks up our system... a Sinemet
or Madopar -caused excess of too much phenyalanine (L-dopa)??
Are the gates of the blood-brain barrier crusted over or
blocked by the "JUNK" in our system???
Are we all hobling around with Sinemet or Madopar crusts on our
cells, that give the POST-MORTEM cells their name of
"substantia nigra" ?
It becomes even more clear how we need to re-orient our
thinking, when one looks at the word negro, or "negra" ,
which is Latin for BLACKENED, in turn from the Greek
or Egyptian word for DEAD ("nekros").
We need terrminology based on LIFE ,on LIVING,
not on DYING.
I still believe and always will that "Parkinson's Disease"
can be, and WILL be overcome. I for one refuse to be
pronounced dead!
Ivan
50/39/36
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 02:32:34 -0500 Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >
> > 3)How "dead" are they, really?
>
> > Ivan
> > 50/39/36
> ivan,
> dr MCkay, foremost researcher on stem cells at the NIH , who spoke
> at a yopd
> support group meetimg im Chevy chase , md, last week , did say in
> reply to a
> similar questiom , that the cells "APPEARED TO BE DEAD"
> i thought of you immedia tely and so am taking this opportunity to
> tell you ...
> hilary
^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-)
Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-)
Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 29 deg. F :-)
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