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At 11:26 PM 2000/05/24 -0700, mary yost <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Dear Listmembers, >Marty Polonsky and I heard that another list member wasn't feeling so well >-- our friend Stacy Colicchio. ... The results: an inoperable brain tumor. >Stacy is now in a hospice, drifting in and out of cognizance.... thank you for letting us know, mary and thanks to you and marty for looking out for our buddy i don't know stacy very well, except to have experienced a little bit of that sparkle via cyberspace when you go see him again send love to stasio from giannetta >We face the unspoken specter of end-stage Parkinson's, something >we rarely dare mention, even on this brave list.... i don't feel brave i do feel that i have to keep my eyes open to all possibilities [specters and otherwise] i just don't know "what" is around the corner for this frail body of mine it could be a truck it could be a brain tumour it could be an asthma attack it could be pd-induced-pneumonia it could be pig-cell-induced-non-pd it could even be the los angeles marathon we not only don't know "what" exactly is coming we don't know when exactly "it" is coming i only know one or two [or maybe three] things for sure 1. our time in these "bio-chemical-soup-body-bags" is limited 2. we are supposed to sparkle, snap, fizz, crackle, and shine 3. as much as we can for as long as we can yrs with luv giannetta 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/