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Marjorie, Well said. I understand you perfectly. I guess I must speak "Parkinese", although I took Spanish in college. Go figure. Greg 47/35/35 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marjorie L. Moorefield" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 4:45 PM Subject: Re: Confrontations > At 02:22 PM 09/06/2000 -0400, you wrote: > >Some of us here act like spoiled brats, some I feel just sit at > >their machine, waiting to see something so they can pounce on someone. > >It's as if some of us have nothing else to do and our lives are so boring > >that we have to "start" something to get a charge from it. > > > To the Parkinson's List, > > A confrontation is the last thing I need today. Both of my feet are so > swollen I can't get ANY of my 15 pairs of shoes on. But my life goes on, > just as it does for every other Parkie. Only God knows what is wrong with > me, or probably is the only one who cares,what is wrong with me! > > Maybe the reason the PD list doesn't act as the Caregivers list ,or any > other list, is because this is a list of PWP's, Caregivers, Medical Persons, > and Friends. A very mixed group, as it were. Most lists are for specific > subjects ,or for specific persons, but this list can be accessed by anyone > who wishes a forum for their posts, no matter what their reason for > being here, nor whatever their subject. > > Try to remember that PD not only affects > the body, it does, unfortunately, affect the mind. > Maybe Parkies speak "Parkinese" and even though we seem to understand > each other, and we have a tendency to "circle the wheelchairs" to protect > each other, because we understand what it means to have PD, when you > start mixing so many other personalities into the group, there is bound > to be some confrontations. > I would ask this of the group, when you read something you don't like, > try to think if its from a "Parkie" who is having a really bad day, and maybe > they posted something which makes perfectly logical sense to them, but > their medicines haven't kicked in as yet, and they might be speaking > a language of pain and suffering you don't understand. Either physical > or mental. > > Please don't hit REPLY and jump all over that Parkie, just calmly > reply to them off-list and say "Gee, I'm sorry to see you are not > yourself today, is there someway I can help?" > To me the keywords should be "Is there someway I can help > you today"? > > Maybe we are acting as Adults, and maybe that is the problem. > Kids are kinder to handicapped persons than adults are, maybe > the answer lies in trying to remember to accept persons and > their handicaps as a child would. > > just me, > Marjorie >