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SEE BELOW PLEASE. TAKE THIS WITH A GRAIN OF SALT. CAPS IT WILL BE SO IT WILL BE NOTICED EASILY. rayilynlee wrote: > Dear Don and Dr. Bernie, > > I am the first to admit that my anger is not doing me any good. > Believe me, > I would rather be playing golf, bridge,the piano, decorating, gardening, > working, volunteering, bowling, dancing, but I can't do any of those > things. > I can't even get to a fairly local ACLU meeting. > > However my conclusions about Bush and his cronies and their policies > would > be the same if I was well....having PD does give me added fire and > intensity. > > Last Friday I drug my body out for my weekly trip to the local Red > Lobster. > As I was muscling my walker back in my car another car pulled up and some > women got out. One was a woman with PD and a younger one got her > walker > out and it was like mine - 4 wheels, a seat, but it had brakes. > > The woman with PD had the same passive expression that cancer victims had > when I went to a "party" for them at Good Samaritan in LA when I had > ovarian > cancer in 1979 I fled the "party." > > I talked to the younger woman who commented how good it was to see > someone > with PD out and "enjoying life" I didn't make some smart remark but > gratefully received her blessings. > > What disturbed me was the expression on the woman with PD's face. I > may have > the "mask" too by now, but the younger woman told me she was in the early > stages and I don't think it was the PD mask. > > If anyone knows what I can do as a substitute for beating up on Bush, > let me > know, please. SOMEONE GAVE ME THIS ADVICE WHEN I ASKED. FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS, AS OPPOSE TO DWELLING ON THE PROBLEM. ACCEPT , BUT DON'T GIVE UP. BE URSELF, BUT BE OPEN TO CHANGE. > > Otherwise I will go down fighting, Ray > PS - Dixieland music is my favorite, and I used to treadmill and dance to > it. Am going to try to get back to it when pool is done. Problem is it > excites me too much. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bernard Barber Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:09 AM > Subject: Re: What has happened to this list? > > >> Hi Don, >> >> It is not my indented to alter your decisions one way or another, but I >> wonder if you might question why such open anger occurs. >> >> As PD increases there is an increase in Frustration and Aggression. >> I do not believe in the suppression of that which is felt. Denial of >> that >> pain only adds to the complexity of the disease. So what's wrong with >> being >> angry? Better than bombing and killing the liberals, hey? >> >> Have you a better object in mind other than god, Bush and the Radical >> Right >> that wants everyone to believe as they do? >> >> Have you tried listening to some good old Dixieland music? >> >> >> Bernie >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Adams >> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:23 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: Re: What has happened to this list? >> >> I happen to be a not very religious person but I am a social >> conservative, >> and I HAVE HAD PD OVER 7 YEARS (to answer that question quickly). I have >> very troublesome and limiting symptoms on which I will not elaborate. I >> am >> NOT helped by reading the constant religious and political sniping and I >> have just about reached the point of leaving PIEN because of that. I'm >> sure >> that the parties who insist on engaging in the activity to which I refer >> will wish me their synonym for "God speed". I can only respond by >> saying >> that no doubt I am not the only PWP who has had just about enough, or >> who >> will reluctantly say goodbye. This PIEN List has gone from one which >> provided useful and helpful input by PD sufferers down to what we see >> today. There are undoubtedly other venues for those who wish to vent >> their >> anger over problems with stem cell research, (as if that will provide an >> instant cure!) and other political complaints. And why vent bitterness >> here >> over the bad hand that fate or life has dealt most of us on this list? >> There are always those who see themselves as martyrs for whom nothing >> will >> help, and as victims of George Bush and Republicans, if not God. >> >> Don Adams >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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