At 05:04 AM 2000/05/24 -0500, Joan Snyder <[log in to unmask]> wrote, in part: >..... It all starts when you decide that you are no longer willing to >allow your disease to dictate your life. When you reach that point, you >will find the strength & courage deep inside of yourself...you will find >yourself talking to the media and you will allow yourself to be seen in >the unflattering light that PD forces upon us and YOU are the way to >awareness!!.... huzzah! reminds me of something i heard recently i am not a body i am not pd i am an idea makes me think of a variation i am more than a body i am more than pd i am janet janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada visit my website "a new voice" at: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/