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---------- > Fra: Marling McReynolds <[log in to unmask]> > Til: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> > Emne: Re: Get a clue!!!: reply > Dato: 10. juli 1997 02:19 > > Jeanne, > > Are you a PWP or a CG?? That is are you a "person with parkinson's" or a > "caregiver"?? > > At any rate, keep reading, we do understand anger, depression, frustration, and > so much more. > > My children have given me a walking stick because I am beginning to lose my > balance. I'm only 48 and have been an athlete most of my life. Not being able > to do what I should be able to do at 48 is frustrating. > > There is plenty for you to learn about here. PD is not only about tremors, > freezing, tics, balance, masks, etc., or sinemet, eldepryl, prozac, paxil, > mirapex, and so many others. It is about living with a condition that is not > hereditary or contagious, does not change your life span or usually directly > effect your mind, is progressively worse, and has no cure. It just makes your > quality of life a misery if you do not find help, support, and have a sense of > humor. > > I just tell people that I am "brain dead". That's the truth, after all a part > of my brain is really dead now. > > don't forget how to laugh > Marling McReynolds > [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] Sure Marling, one of the reasons I NEVER GIVE UP is this list. Sonia NEVER GIVE UP