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Dear Marla, I do not wish to refute you or anyone else for that matter. I have been a caregiver (CG) for over 13 years to my wife Barbara who passed on this past November. But I am staying on for a while just to be able to help others who are going through the painful and inexorable course of this lousy disease. I am a former research pharmaceutical chemist retired from the FDA. As a experienced CG, I also participate in that listserv directed by the wonderful Camilla Flinterman in Ohio. I am also the Humor editor of the Capital Chapter of the NPF bulletin, and as a Holocaust Survivor I might well claim humor to be a very powerful force in my mental health. In that context I have joined another subsection of PIEN namely SPARKLE initiated by two of our members for the express purpose to allow PIEN to retain its utility for discussion on Parkinson Disease. I do try to adhere to the original intent of each listserv, but themes broached in one can easily be sidetracked to another. I have been on these lists for several years and have witnessed many uprisings and discontent among the 'campers' and I accept the fact that there will always be some who are never satisfied. Of course, I can well understand that when I have a specific question any impediments in the responses are not easily tolerated, and many times statements made are misconstrued. Dear Marla, you write in direct and cogent prose, but I doubt that either your message nor mine will effectuate any change in peoples's Modus Operandum. With very best wishes, Michel Margosis 'Carpe Diem' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marla Gillham" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 11:15 PM Subject: Change is not only inevitable, it's GOOD for you, me, us > Jo Ann... and all "Others" with the same attitude: > > This email doesn't mince words. I'm laying it all out here, and the reason > is: > > This list needs to think seriously about whether it really DOES serve the > Parkinson's community. It seems to me that it does not, although I hope it > WILL. Before you begin, my words in caps below are not "yelling", they are > merely emphasis. I am a lively, passionate woman, and I have only caps to > highlight the important concerns I feel about this subject etc., etc., etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn