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Congratulations, Kathrynne-and gratitude. Your cruise ship for PD nutrition is beginning to leave port. May your voyage occur on calm seas and in peaceful winds. May those who travel with you return to their ports enlightened, enthusiastic and prepared to carry the PD cause for understanding and improved nutrition wherever they go. It will mean new voices spoken in our behalf. You have worked hard. You have been a steadfast friend. You deserve this opportunity to share your knowledge and your dream. May you and all those with whom you come in contact walk together in the headdress of the sun. Sincerely, E of the headdress At 07:52 PM 10/26/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Dear Listfriends, >I thank you all for your support and prayers recently. As I >mentioned, I had been invited to present a session on >nutrition and Parkinson disease at the American Dietetic >Association's annual convention last week in Denver. Some of >you are aware that I have been trying to encourage health >professionals to understand and help manage the many >complexities of PD. I believe that with your >prayers, this is finally coming to pass. > >The session was held in a large room, seating 450 people. It >was filled to capacity, with people standing in the back; >and I learned later that they had to turn people away at the >door. The response was enthusiastic, and I have since had >numerous e-mails and phone calls from attendees who wanted >more information. > >Further, I have been asked to write articles for several >publications on nutrition for PD, and also a grant proposal >to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to managing PD; >whether the proposal will be accepted is unknown, but the >fact of the offer is something that could not have happened >just a few short years ago. > >State dietetic associations have invited me to present >training seminars to dietitians and other health >professionals in Texas, California, Ohio, and Canada in the >coming months. > >I believe this is in great part due to you -- your artwork, >your poetry, your writing, your campaign for funding for >research for the cure, and so much more. It's working, I'm >sure of that! > >Please continue to keep me in your thoughts and prayers, as >I continue to contact other health professionals. Each of >them who learns about PD is likely to pass on that knowledge >to others who in turn will reach still others. I hold all of >you in my own thoughts and prayers daily; together, we are >making a difference! > >My very best regards, >Kathrynne > > >-- >Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD >Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" >"Constipation and Parkinson's" -- audiocassette & guidebook >"Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's >disease" > & Risk Assessment Tools >"Risk for malnutrition and bone fracture in Parkinson's >disease," > J Nutr Elderly. V18:3;1999. >http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ > >