To: [log in to unmask] >. Parkinson's disease IS NOT the end of life. It is the >beginning of a new way of life. An adventure, that allows you to learn, to >help other people, and to enjoy what life you have left according to that big >book up in the sky (or should that be "down in the ground?). >I think that you will find - if explored - that a positive attitude will help >as much (or maybe even more) than any drug that you can find. >Vern Dauphin : a 15 year Parkinsonian <[log in to unmask]> Vern is right about maintaining positive attitude. Itos about the only resource left when you have, like him, fifteen years of Pd. I have it already for the same amount of years, but my attitude is not as positive as his, although Iom hanging out there, somewhat. Now, Iom in a Hospital, here in Mexico, convalescing from a brutal operation (second in this year) of the prostrate gland, full of pain, self-pity, and above all, almost totally immobile, when less than a week ago, I was walking, and still responsive to Sinemet. Now, the response is erratic, and for the first time in my life, there is no strength in the legs, so I need somebody to holding me up. Itos a very disturbing feeling, suddenly become dependent, and in a way, seeing the end of this long battle against the ravages of the illness. But, in the mist of all that despair and hopelessness, laying down for days at times, with my eyes closed, pain and aches all over, incapable of doing anything, I felt that there was life still surrounding me, and that with a supreme effort on my part, I could rejoin the living. Now I could do a gigantic effort and write the above --took a whole day-- to convey a thought to all of you: that even in the worst case scenario, you should find reasons to fight back, toughts that put you almost where you were, and to enjoy to the outmost the stage you are in right now, because in our case today is better than tomorrow. Put up a good fight, and you will win partial victories. Sergio Guzik, Mexico [log in to unmask] >. Parkinson's disease IS NOT the end of life. It is the >beginning of a new way of life. An adventure, that allows you to learn, to >help other people, and to enjoy what life you have left according to that big >book up in the sky (or should that be "down in the ground?). >I think that you will find - if explored - that a positive attitude will help >as much (or maybe even more) than any drug that you can find. >Vern Dauphin : a 15 year Parkinsonian <[log in to unmask]> Vern is right about maintaining positive attitude. Itos about the only resource left when you have, like him, fifteen years of Pd. I have it already for the same amount of years, but my attitude is not as positive as his, although Iom hanging out there, somewhat. Now, Iom in a Hospital, here in Mexico, convalescing from a brutal operation (second in this year) of the prostrate gland, full of pain, self-pity, and above all, almost totally immobile, when less than a week ago, I was walking, and still responsive to Sinemet. Now, the response is erratic, and for the first time in my life, there is no strength in the legs, so I need somebody to holding me up. Itos a very disturbing feeling, suddenly become dependent, and in a way, seeing the end of this long battle against the ravages of the illness. But, in the mist of all that despair and hopelessness, laying down for days at times, with my eyes closed, pain and aches all over, incapable of doing anything, I felt that there was life still surrounding me, and that with a supreme effort on my part, I could rejoin the living. Now I could do a gigantic effort and write the above --took a whole day-- to convey a thought to all of you: that even in the worst case scenario, you should find reasons to fight back, toughts that put you almost where you were, and to enjoy to the outmost the stage you are in right now, because in our case today is better than tomorrow. Put up a good fight, and you will win partial victories. Sergio Guzik, Mexico [log in to unmask] --- * UniQWK v2.1 * The Windows Mail Reader