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Hello Janet, funny ol' world, isn't it? I've been "nomail" for eight months, and three (3) days after my (silent) come-back you find one of my old posts and comment it. :-) I think your letter needs no further comment, you sum it up quite nicely. A lot of things have happened to me in the past months, but I'll get back to you all on that point later. Take care! /John (31 now, 26 diagnosed PD, 18 onset PD) From: "janet paterson" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 5:53 AM > > when i was diagnosed 10 years ago > i knew zilch about pd > [john - that's canadian for nada] > > due to that ignorance > my reaction to the words of the diagnosis > was sheer terror snip... > ten years later > my life has changed radically > only part of that is due to my health circumstances > most of it is because my priorities have changed radically snip... > i could be hit by a truck tomorrow > and what good would all that worry and fear about pd > [or about anything else] > have done me? > > none at all > and what's worse > it would have soured me to > whatever gifts life had offered me > in the interim snip... > i cannot predict the future > that's been made pretty clear to me over the past 20 years snip... > receiving news > about a chronic illness > is something that has to be grieved > it has to be worked through as part of the acceptance process > > maybe that terror that i felt > was a catalyst to my later enlightenment?