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My wife and I had a delightful and wonderful experience when Dave & Marilyn Willner of Philadelphia (Loyal P NET members--Dave n Lyn--) visited Naples, FL and called us to get together. David said he "Liked my positive attitude" which he detected from my few notes to you all. WE learned so much from being with THEM--especially the way in which they personified the central message of the P InfoNet: :Don't just lay back and suffer with P--enjoy and benefit from agressively searaching, asking, and exchanging information with which you challenge your MD and, intelligently,take responsibility for your own choices about treatment. I liked HIS positive attitude and the involvement of his loving caregiver, Marilyn. We had breakfast and lunch together, visted my 3x/wk Parkinson's stretch class at the Wellness Center, and also attended a meeting of the Naples Support group, at which 4 Pallidotomy recipients discussed their experiences, showed "before" films of themselves, and answered questions while the Audience of Parkies and their CGrs sat open-mouthed and enthralled. David happened to have the oldest Pallidotomy (April 94) and his imput was saught and greatly appreciated. We had such a happy and profitable time together, I encourage you, if possible, to visit with a member of the List when you're travelling through or vacationing in their area. Select someone whose notes or situation you "admire" or can identify closely with, and you're bound to come away with a new and diffeent perspective on your Fight. Dick Praz--Naples FL