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Hello, After having been diagnosed and treated for PD for now about five years now I thought that using the Net for information might be a good idea. I found this LISTSERV very easily. I have subscribed to newsletters and other sources while being a caregiver to son with ALS (1996 - 1999) . I find that the people involved with either treatment or having a disease are way ahead of the popular press and I am able to get the best leads as to care or treatment. First let me say that I consider PD a major inconvenience rather than debilitating (So Far). If anyone does not like the way I shake or walk or act that is their problem not mine. If they want to make a change let them contribute to research. I believe that consistent high levels of activity slow down the disease progression and an attitude of "do it if you can or do it any way possible" helps. Each day is a challenge to see what can be done. Sometimes a lot, sometimes a little, age and PD slow you but don't have to stop you. I try to stay as active as anyone else my age (73). I have a supportive family, they find lots for me to do, an excellent neurologist and expect to be moderately functional for another 12 years. Enough of this for now I better go arrange a meal for my wife and myself. Regards, Bill Lawless [Ergo hoc, ergo propter hoc!] a logical fallacy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn