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Hello all, Getting around on wheels is very important to me--especially bicycle wheels (aka wings). The "chicken soup" excerpt reminded me of this. My lifelong cycling habit, which includes a daily commute to work, has been challenged by PD but I am hanging on as long as possible. In fact, I just bought a new recumbent bike which puts the rider in a position that looks something like that of a Harley rider--very easy on the back, fun to ride, but harder to balance (a concern). This is part of my positive-denial approach to the disease. Rick 49/47 >Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:13:35 -0500 >From: Billie Cook <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Food for Thought > > I tho't this was good, it's from Chicken Soup for the Soul: >My New Set of Wheels >=A0=A0There you stand, and I see you stare >=A0=A0Thinking, poor dear, she's stuck in that chair. But I'm not sad, >I'm very happy because >=A0=A0I haven't forgotten the way it was. >=A0=A0You'd say, "How about a trip to the zoo? A walk in the park will >be good for you." I was thinking tomorrow, I'll be a wreck, From my >aching feet, to the pain in my neck. >=A0=A0You'd want to go shopping, all over town. I was thinking but >there's no place to sit down. For you it's a snap, just to go to the >store. But for me the ordeal was more of a chore. >=A0=A0Now I can go wherever I please >=A0=A0I can shop in the mall with newfound ease, Do all the things that >have to be done, >=A0=A0And even go out and have some fun. >=A0=A0So, do you want to know how it really feels, To be sitting here >between these wheels? Can you remember back that far, >=A0=A0When you got your very first car? >=A0=A0Well, that's how these wheels feel to me. They don't hold me down, >they set me free. So, don't think all those pitiful things: These aren't >wheels, I think they're my wings. >=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= >=A0By >Darlene Uggen >