Claudia: I heard from a fellow Parkie that Michael J. Fox had DBS. That same person told me (in his words) "it didn't take". I will have to ask him where he got his info. Inge On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 13:18:51 -0800 "Claudia J. Goldberg" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I'm just tagging onto this particular e-mail because it mentioned > Michael J. > Fox.. > > I have been meaning to query the group about this for some time. > > Fox is making guest appearances on some sitcoms and I think I heard > that he > is planning to have his own soon. > > I saw him on TV recently and he looked fabulous! You can still see > the PD > if you are looking, but he seems so much improved! Does anyone know > what he > did? Prior to this last appearance I saw him on Jay Leno and he > looked > awful and even described himself as a "twitch-a-thon". > > During the recent TV interview he was asked to what he attributed > his very > noticeable improvement. He hesitated for a second and then glibly > replied, > "To my wife and children's love." Your wife and children's love can > be a > huge help, but I'm guessing that isn't the only thing that brought > it about. > > I am thrilled for him, but wish he would share with the rest of us > what he > has been doing/taking/being injected with, whatever, that has helped > him so > much. > > Anyone have any thoughts on the subject? > > Warmest regards to all, > > Claudia > > > "I used to think I had ambition...but now I'm not so sure. It may > have been > only discontent. They're easily confused." > > > Rachael Field > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carole Hercun > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 12:12 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: FYI/PD World Congress > > Hi Guys, > For those of you who are interested, there's a pretty interesting > conference > being held in Washington, D.C. this week. I had hoped to attend, but > was > unable to. Apologies for not posting this sooner. It's the first > World > Congress > re: PD and this is their website. > gress.org/ > From there you can get into the news section, and read some of the > findings > being presented, read Michael J's opening remarks, etc. > I have also been informed that there will be a later website > showcasing the > artistic contributions of PWP's, their stories, artword, poetry, > etc. from > the Creativity and PD segment of the conference. > I'm hoping to catch the next one, which will be held in '09 in > Paris, no > less. > Carole Hercun > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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