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At 03:10 PM 4/30/97 -0400, you wrote: >Ernie P... > >You said "By the way, I know it is only a word but, <grinning> I have several >60 year old friends who would hate to be described as elderly. >Ernie. Aged 54 (six years to elderly)." > >SMACK!!! <---- Barb slams the hapless Ernie one upside his wee head) HEY.. >I'm the same age as you and I'm NOT "six years to elderly!!!" <grin> > >FYI.. "elderly is... is... uhhhhhh.... is.... 112 years old!! > >There. Aren't ya glad THAT'S settled? <giggle> > >Barb Mallut >[log in to unmask] > hey i am 72 had pd 25 years. old no young yes chase mom around the housemcan,t catch her. petty good me in elec cart to don I.Y.Q. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Ernie Peters >Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 1997 10:28 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: Re: No further appointments UK > >Jean, > >If this is true, I am appalled. > >Mark, you say: > >> >>Don't get me wrong, I am not defending the practice, but if you HAD to >>choose between attending a 25 YO and a >60 YO, other things being equal, >>who should get the higher priority? Even so, I find it difficult to >>believe that the neurologist can (or is forced to) wash his hands of his >>elderly patients so callously. > >I understand what you are saying Mark, but we should only accept this >principle when it is genuinely out of our control - ie, the sinking ship >with insufficient lifeboats scenario. > >The situation described by Jean however, is NOT out of our control. The >resources available for state medical care in any country are dependent on >two things only: > >a) The collective wealth of the country. > >b) The priority, in terms of funding by taxes, that the government gives it. > >It is therefore the politicians (and to a certain extent the people who >elect them) who decide where to draw the line on state health care. The >excuse I have heard often in this country is that the Health Service is a >bottomless pit into which one throws money. Maybe, but if we have to limit >Neurologist consultations by age, ANY AGE, then the line has been drawn far >too low in my opinion. > >By the way, I know it is only a word but, <grinning> I have several 60 year >old friends who would hate to be described as elderly. > >Ernie. Aged 54 (six years to elderly). PD diag 3.4yrs. > >Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]> > >