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Articulately spoken! -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul Lauer Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 7:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Thriving,good news and middle of the night... Joan: Yours was the first reaction to the original post I read and I assumed from your comments that Jan was indeed trying to (commercially) sell something. After reading over the material on his site, it appears that that is not the case at all. He stresses that the mind will react to internally generated stimuli (placebos) and at least in his case, makes him feel better. So be it. If it works for him, let him not only have it but there's no reason why he shouldn't try to 'sell' it on the off chance that it can work for others. This list has participants who run the gamut from happiness to despair, from determination to resignation. This guy appears to be on the happiness/determination course and I endorse it wholeheartedly, which is not to say that I subscribe to his brain granting placebo theory but so what. There's an alternate group to ours called "PD Recoverers" to which I also belong which places faith in massage and acupuncture. Not for relief of symptoms but toward PD wellness. There are those on that list who claim they are getting better. MY opinion is that it is another form of placebo effect, but SO WHAT. There is plenty of time to be really sick from PD and contemplate DBS or need speech therapy, a wheelchair or a PD dog. Lots of time to take drugs against dementia and battle dystonia and dyskenesia and freezing and sleeplessness. If someone has worked out a defense for the early years of the disease which they understand is good for them, I say let them have it. And if they try to proselytize, let them do that as well. If they make any converts, those converts will either break even (getting no positive result) or win (with some sort of positive result, placebo stimulated). There's no way to lose as nothing I read in the theology espoused would increase the progression. Paul H. Lauer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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