"Saving Millie" comes on Central Standard Time at 8:00 Sunday on CBS. I'm looking forward to seeing it. My love was once dx'd with PD, then PSP, then MSA. We still don't know what he actually has , and won't until the autopsy. He is going into a nursing home in the next 2 weeks, and I'm certain he'll have to educate the staff on how to care for a PD patient. Best to you. Jo Ann On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 23:29:51 -0500 Peggy Willocks <[log in to unmask]> writes: > NOTE! This movie is painfully and graphically realistic! As a newly > diagnosed person with Parkinson's, you might not be ready for the > content. > But realize that Milly had a Parkinson's Plus syndrome called > Multiple > System Atrophy (MSA). And she was diagnosed 17 years ago. We have > come > such a long way in research! Our reason for wanting others to watch > this > movie is two-fold: > 1) we need more awareness about PD > 2) we need to increase funding for research. > And remember, WE HAVE HOPE! > > SAVING MILLY," A NEW TELEVISION MOVIE > STARRING MADELINE STOWE AND BRUCE GREENWOOD > WILL BE BROADCAST ON MARCH 13, 2005 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK > > Based on Morton Kondracke's Best-Selling Book > "Saving Milly" > "SAVING MILLY," a new television movie starring Madeline Stowe ("The > Last of > the Mohicans") and Bruce Greenwood ("Being Julia") will be broadcast > on > March 13, 2005 at 9:00 p.m./8:00 p.m. (central) on the CBS > Television > Network. The drama, based on the best-selling book and real-life > journey of > political journalist Morton Kondracke, recounts his inspiring love > story > with his activist wife, Milly, and the dramatic change in their > lives in the > years after she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. > As a young journalist in Chicago in the '60s, Mort Kondracke had > long > envisioned marrying a Vassar graduate whose connections would > facilitate his > goal of becoming an esteemed Washington journalist. However, > without > warning, Milly Martinez, a brash part-Mexican, part-Catholic, > part-Jewish > therapist/activist, enters his life and captures his heart. While > building > their lives and careers together in Washington, D.C., the loving > strong-willed partners debate passionately about everything from > politics, > how to raise their two daughters and his struggle with alcohol, to > her > insatiable, all-consuming desire to save the world by championing a > never-ending list of causes. > In 1987, their lives take a dramatic turn when Milly notices a > change in her > handwriting and numbness in her fingers. After a series of tests, > her worst > fears are confirmed and, at the age of 47, Milly is diagnosed with > Parkinson's disease. > Mort and Milly's love grows even stronger as they battle against the > debilitating effects of the disease and become passionate advocates > for > increased government funding for medical research. Holding to his > promise > of "in sickness and in health," Mort changes his focus from being a > die-hard > careerist to becoming a devoted caregiver and Parkinson's advocate > with a > renewed connection to his faith. As her illness progressed, his > life became > committed to saving Milly. > ****************************** > http://www.cbs.com/specials/saving_milly/ > Read some "Behind the Scenes" interviews at > www.grassrootsconnection.com > > If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Parkinson's > research, > visit the webpage for this year's Unity Walk April 16 in New York > City. > (Type in my name under "Search for a Walker" - Peggy Willocks) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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