Yes - window-shopping (browsing shop windows) - can't manage more than 30 minutes (I walk with a lurch/drag left leg). Miss that - my record was 6 hours straight !. still do most things tho slower, at least speech OK ! Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>: > Amanda > > I think PD steals pieces of your life gradually. Can you remember the first > > things you had to stop doing because of PD? Maybe that could get you going > counting the ways PD ruins our lives. There are many things well people > just take for granted and are not even aware of the ways we suffer. > > it is a "Little stinker" that's for sure, a life sentence, not a death > sentence. > > Ray > Rayilyn Brown > Director AZNPF > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > [log in to unmask] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 5:20 AM > Subject: Effect of Parkinson's on life > > > >I was recently asked (by the London Parkinson's Disease Society) to > >encourage > > politicians in supporting stem-cell research by writing how PD has > > affected my > > life. > > The trouble is, I don't know where to start, as > > a) I'm not used to talking about emotions; > > b) I don't do whining; > > c) can't think of any part of my life the evil little stinker didn't > > affect - > > though not always for the worse. > > > > Any advice ? > > Amanda Phillips > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn