Hi Kees Paap <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote >>You keep it up, Kees. Most of us fail to offer kind words until it is >>way too late. >Feelings >remain a very important part of our life within our constructive way of >coping with Parkinson's Disease. Too right, my friend. >Dear Jeremy, > >I know : > > - one thing for sure : the man will not have a laugh about the >situation. - how to contact patients. > - my english is bad, but not that bad that I couldn't make him clear >that Parkinson's Disease is a chronic illness, and not a joke. > - that he will not speak about me as "James Parkinson", because I >never mentioned that name. If he knows the name "James", he knows more about >the disease, so he will not make a joke of it. > - "I'm not an idiot", because i know these things. Dear Kees - indeed you are most certainly NOT a fool. I hope my response wasn't negative in feeling - it was meant to describe a situation to which you, or at any rate *I*, would respond "well, so what!" You were my first introduction to the PWP community in Europe - and a very positive, friendly, caring community I find it. You are an inspiration to us all. Warmest regards to you and yours. -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160