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Ray - I can see where you might be coming from. My love has Stage 3 PD, and his face is frozen. He can't smile a smile that reaches his eyes. Sometimes his voice is so weak I can't understand a word he is saying. But worse of all, are his tremors and dystonia. He isn't eligible for DBS, so it is something he has to live with. Before my Dad developed cancer of the colon, he also had horrible tremors, and a frozen face, and he drooled so bad, he had to keep a towel around his neck at all times. Even in Church. Then he got this horrible, pain rendering cancer, so what might have been PD was not even thought of. I - fortunately - never worked in a cancer ward, but I did nursing for almost 22 years, then went to work for M.D. Anderson Hospital where I took dictation from the doctors as they were examing patients. When I saw an 11 year old's face and neck eaten up with it, I decided that was too much for me. Then I went to work as a real estate broker. Now that I have cancer myself, and had my mastectomy 7 weeks ago, I KNOW that faith was the answer to my quick healing. I also know that my friends who made me laugh at their silly humor helped me along. So, Ray, I may not have PD myself, but I'm well aware of it and it's symptoms, and thank GOD daily that I can talk to Him and feel better each day. I haven't had my cat scans yet on the rest of my body to see if it has mastastized there, but I will as soon as my finances are in better shape. In the meantime, take care of yourself. Jo Ann Oh! and BTW, I'll be with you tonight for the second presidential debate. J On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 22:41:31 EDT Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask]> writes: > JoAnn > since you do not have PD, nor are you a CG for anyone who has, and > not a > doctor. altho you may be correct with your dx, many people with PD > have a facial > mask which renders their faces expressionless/perhaps making it > impossible to > smile.. > also as a cancer survivor volunteer on cancer ward we were trained > NOT to > tell people what to think or feel re their disease, like we knew how > since we > survived. I think this is good advice in general. > Ray > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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