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Amanda, it is hard to imagine that anyone would find you boring, chronic illness or no! I do sometimes wonder what would happen if the cure actually materialized…if PD, ALS, alzheimer's, etc. disappeared? > > There is sort of an industry built around us, and what would happen to it? Kathleen On Sunday, March 1, 2015, A Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yea, I was told the same thing ten years ago. > Think my neurologist is bored seeing me - that's the trouble with chronic > ills, the patients don't die or recover so keep coming back; tedious for > medics! > Amanda > > > Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:23:43 -0700 > > From: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: treatment that slows progression > > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > > > How true, Kathleen, and it’s almost 12 years since my DBS, only thing > that > > helped. I;m in bad shape now. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kathleen Cochran > > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 6:31 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: treatment that slows progression > > > > Yes, Nic. When I was first diagnosed, my neurologist said, with an air of > > confidence, that within the next decade there would be something new, > > something good. Since then I have watched that same decade get kicked > down > > the road like an old tin can. A decade seems like the CYA unit of choice. > > It means nothing. I try to ignore it. > > Kathleen > > > > On Thursday, February 19, 2015, Nic Marais <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > This really looks good ;-) It just breaks my heart when they say they > > > started 10 years ago, and "we still have a long way to go". > > > > > > Nic 62/20 > > > > > > On 19 February 2015 at 02:57, Rayilyn Brown <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:;> > > > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150218/Recent-clinical-study-offers-hope-for-potential-Parkinsons-disease-therapies.aspx > > > > Ray > > > > Rayilyn Brown > > > > Past Director AZNPF > > > > Arizona Chapter National Parkinson Foundation > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > > > > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > > > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> <javascript:;> > > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > [log in to unmask] <javascript:;> > 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