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Hurray for Michael J. !!! And for Sid Levin too. Saw you on TV tonight. Well done! And thanks for calling that great article from Michael J. Fox to our attention. People will read that and pay attention. They like and respect him. We all feel like we know him. I've written so many letters to editors about stem cell research, so many letters to Congressmen and Senators and circulated so many of Sid's wonderful petitions, and sent so many e-mails to Congress on this topic, with very little response from anyone. But people will notice what Michael says. Our Central NY Parkinson's Support Group started being invited to do health fairs this year. At one of these in April I had on display a few copies of a new women's magazine that I write for called Mohawk Valley Women. I do a column in this monthly magazine called "Wheelchair Whimsies." In the April issue I did an article on Michael J. Fox, for Parkinson's Awareness Month, and the editor ran a nice big color photo of him right beside it. That got people's attention! One woman came along, looked at our PD sign then at the story about Michael, and said," I don't know anything about Parkinson's disease except that he has it, and I feel so bad for him." Thanks, Mike. I hope your Times article makes as big an impression on everyone who reads it as you made on that sweet lady. Margaret F. (Marge) Moylan 56/41/39