Marty, Marty, MAAAAAARTY! Sorry m'dear, but I disagree with ya 'bout your
comment: (errrrr.... and hope you'll love me anyway) <smile>
>Amen! It's tooo easy to give up. Once we do that we are licked!
Ya see, in my opinion, Marty, I've never seen a diverse collection of people
with SUCH an abundance of inner strength as I have here amongst our
Parkinson's Community. I admire and respect this group more than I can say
for it's sheer guts and it's collective and respective will NOT to give up.
And SURE we each have our "moments'," ....those times when we're burdened with
dispair.'cause of a PD related incident, or symptom. But darn.... almost to a
person, here we all are, back online after picking ourself up... again..
because we're NOT licked! And if we're online, we're taking an active part
in life.... ours and others... and THAT, m'friend, is NOT someone who's given
up.
(Pssst) <whispering> So Marty... tell me... do ya still love me? <giggle>
Barb Mallut (wondering why she's still awake after going to bed - alas, not
to sleep apparently -
several hours ago)
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From: PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on behalf
of Marty Rose
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 1996 5:57 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject: Re: My first Neurologist
Barbara Mallut wrote:
>
> Marjorie.....YOU GO, GIRL!!! <smile>
>
> Barb Mallut,
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> From: PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network on
behalf
> of marjorie moorefield
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 1996 3:32 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
> Subject: My first Neurologist
>
> I remember my first Neurologist,who could not put a name to why
> I kept falling on my face, or fanny , just which ever way I leaned.
> But he made the mistake of asking me, which symptom that I had,
> besides the balance problem, bothered me the most.
> I honestly answered him that no longer being able to quilt bothered me the
> most!
> The man walked out of the room--he thought it was so trivial! Later he
would
> send me to a team of Neurologists, including the Head of the Neurology
> Department
> at the Univ. of Miami in Miami, Florida.
> They eventually got around to the same question & again I answered
honestly--
> thinking to myself--"well here goes 5 Neurologists out the door" BUT
> amazingly,
> they were not the least bit shocked & answered that I probably would have
> trouble
> with "finely coordinated acts" the rest of my life.
> Boy, they weren't joking.
> It was 2.5 years before I could thread a needle--I still can't hand quilt--
> but DH bought me a Swiss made Sewing Machine that has a knee lift,
> automatic threader and numerous other thingys which made life much easier.
> I won 3rd. place with my machine quilted wallhanging last year--the other
two
> were all hand made----
> The moral of this story is:
>
> WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY!!!!! Every PWP in the whole
> world KNOWS that. Just don't give up on anything!!!!!
Barbara,
Amen! It's tooo easy to give up. Once we do that we are licked!
Marty
