I don't agree that we have any hope. 4 research years have already been
lost, this is a very complex disease and is truly a living death sentence I
will not live long enough to benefit - someday someone will. Chris Reeve and
Millie are dead. These are the facts.
Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peggy Willocks" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:29 PM
Subject: IMPORTANT NOTE ON TV MOVIE "SAVING MILLY"
> 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)
>
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