On 24 Jul 2000, at 5:37, LISA CRUMRINE wrote: > yeah, it sucks having this disease, some days it isn't so bad and sometimes > it's worse, I think the good days or the stretches of good days get us thru > the bad ones. I can only speak for myself. I am not incapacitated yet, > although those times when it's harder to drive and I have to consciously > think about moving my legs to shift gears, or when my body can move to the > music and dance the way I used to. Or when doing the dishes seems like > torture. but then the good times seem so much better, the beauty of my > surroundings become that much more intensified. I think that might be a > positive side effect for me at least, it has heightened my aware ness and > made me recall conscious of the good stuff/ > regards from paradise > st john, usvi > dx 91/42 > > I shake as I sit typing this morning , but life goes on. Hi Lisa, I type as I sit shaking..... Good to hear you're butting out.... Chocolate is a good substitute..... Read Calling All Chocoholics.... http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/033love/choco.html and check the image of your brain on chocolate.... fMRI maybe? Cheers ......... murray [log in to unmask]