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Janet, Another in the long line of significant posts you have and continue to add to this forum. BTW I am ready to start my confessional, anytime you will agree to advise me on how far I should go with the content. Greg Leeman 40-30-28 hike or should I say punt! -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of janet paterson Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 4:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Take help where ever it is offered.... sharing: At 11:47 2001/04/19 -0500, "lynn" wrote to me, in part: >...Take help where ever it is offered.....you can't get too much >help...just will free up more >time/energy for you to work on projects that interest you...you've paid >your dues....you >are not malingering...I encourage you to speak up and state your needs/preferences... >what you need for your quality of life...you are God's child and He's >reaching out to >give you a hand...take it! ... i've been mulling about "anna" she's frightened of the unknown she's in denial she needs to fine tune the timing and the doseage of her meds which takes education and will denial will keep her separated from them receiving her diagnosis needs to be grieved completely through 5 stages: grief = shock, anger, bargaining, denial, acceptance and ya know whut? all "anna" needs is these same words you gave to me: "take help wherever it is offered you can't get too much help just will free up more time/energy for you to work on projects that interest you you've paid your dues you are not malingering i encourage you to speak up and state your needs what you need for your quality of life you are God's child and He's reaching out to give you a hand take it!" and may i add: everything that happens to us is a gift from god something to learn from life is not supposed to be easy life is not supposed to turn out the way i plan it this is not my plan or my script or my plan i did not create myself my creator has plans for me we are never given challenges we are not capable of meeting here is yours, "anna" 1. education= educate yourself about pd - become your own best advocate 2. titration= never adjust but one med at a time and do that slowly - over weeks not days i stuggle with cd and pd everyday and still think that cd is the tougher battle and after 13 years since diagnosis i regret nothing i have re-discovered who i am, what my priorities are and one of them is the joy of meeting you and lynn you have so many discoveries to make you are on the brink of not despair but joy you are not alone you have never been alone though your eyes may have been shut tight take our hand we walk with you the darkness is gone with much love janet janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . "new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn