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my dear friend greg: i should have been online last night to answer your im and to give you a cyber kick in the place where God provided the proper padding. greg, you know as well as aj and joan samuelson amd brenda and nancy and many of the other of us who have chosen to live our parkinson's disease in the public arena, that we are the best and the most dedicated to our unchosen vocation. i don't know how you could ever find someone who tells our story so completely and lovingly as toad; or anyone who can put words together like aj or to cause that spark of familiariry that brenda or nancy can ignite. while i am proud and humbled by the work of carol walton, robin elliot , and other of our pd-less champions, i can think of no one more who is better equipted to let the world know how we live our day-to-day lives than joan samuelson. as one who has seen the power and the control of folks like richard dorflingger first hand and felt the sting of their words, i understand the power weilded by these folks and i realized that they will stop at nothing in convincing the world that their side is politacaly, morally, and ethically the only way. they will do anything and use any propaganda in supporting their point of view. i don't think that we drew up the terms of war for this battle but i am also sure, that we must play by their rules to an extent and exchange tit-for-tat stories of real, living human beings with kids, jobs and responsabilities to every time they throw out a statement about how an unfertilized egg used to help cure the world of pd, als, alzheimers, etc. is an afront to life. i know that i am over-simplyfing this debate, but you and many others know of my long and arduous path of six years before i could even feel knowledgeable about this subject. greg, i understand how discouraging it gets to have to be the one who is a public spectacle, but i sincerely believe that if it were not for my choosing to say to friends and family who wish that i would just quietly buck up and live my life in the security and the safety of my house and lift chair and the tv, then my town would not be anywhere near as pdd-aware as it is now.!! please, greg do not give into these "hee-bee jeebeies" as i call those moments of self-doubt and fear. know that there are lots of us who look for you for our courage and confidence and by the way, NO PRESSURE,GUY! love, j ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn