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Dear Kathrynne, So sorry to hear of the loss of your mother. I hope that PIEN will continue to be the recipient of your always informative and wise advice...Carole --- "Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear Listfriends, > I haven't posted in quite awhile and so I wanted to let > you all know > that I am still with you. In February I attended a 5-day > Parkinson > Educator Program at Struthers Parkinson Institute in > Minneapolis; I also > taught the nutrition segment there. The program is > designed to teach > professionals who work with people who have PD, and it is > excellent! It > was inspiring and exciting to be with other health > professionals who are > eager to learn more about PD so that they can better help > their clients. > > The past few months have also seen my mother's health > worsen, entailing > a good deal of time and concentration among my brothers > and sisters and > me as to how best to help her; she passed away last week, > and I have > just returned from the funeral. We all feel it was a > great blessing for > her, as she had been in pain and further treatment would > not have > guaranteed that she could return to independent living. > > I have developed a seminar for health professionals on > nutrition and > Parkinson's, and will present it several times in > upcoming months; I > will also speak at some PD symposiums, which is always > very energizing > and exciting (well, to me anyhow!); so it may be that I > will not be able > to post as often as I used to. I try not to unsubscribe > from the list, > however; I keep up if/as I can. > > Incidentally, John Cottingham has a very nice Event > Calendar, on which I > have posted the 3 engagements at which I will be present; > you'll see > that these are titled "Nutrition" which is misleading, > however I don't > often get the details of symposium til the last minute, > so I don't know > who the other speakers will be; thus, the name > "Nutrition." I have given > contact information, though, so you can find out more > information if you > wish. > > The site is: > http://www.parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/parkmail/maillist.html > > Click "Event Calendar" for more information, or to post > news of your own > events. This is an excellent communication tool that John > has developed, > and we can all benefit from it. > > 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/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn