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I believe anger is a natural result of having PD. But it's like grieving. You should get over the anger and go to the next step. WE did not cause you to have PD. WE want the very best for you. WE have much sympathy and compassion for you. But when you take it out on everyone, it's unfair, just as PD is unfair. I TRULY WISH THE BEST FOR YOU. But anger and frustration makes it worse. Jo Ann On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:18:26 -0700 rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]> writes: > 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. > 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