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Heather Elizabeth (or Billy) Please clear up for me and I suspect others what do you like to be called. Is Billy a nickname or just the name of the account? We have been writing back and forth for weeks and I am still confused about your name. Thanks Now to partially disagree with you again (sorry- I feel like I am picking on you but it seems to me that this is the central point of our disagreement). The mind is indeed powerful and can do much. Attitude is crucial in our adaptation to our PD. I think however that denial that we have the illness is counter-productive. Rather I subscribe to the idea put forth by Wendy that I am not dying of PD I am living with it. To face the enemy head-on is more likely to produce positive results than playing ostrich. Denying that you have the illness may briefly decrease anxiety. If you are not sure get other independent opinions but if several trained neurologists all come to the same conclusion then further denial interferes with proper treatment or even getting yourself educated about treatment options- even if you choose to get no treatment for a time. You positions have an internal consistency- if you don't really have an illness or the illness doesn't exist then why spend money researching its cure? Why take medications? - but then why even belong to a PD list? I would like to invite you to really join this list as a pwp LIVING WITH PD, LEARNING AS MUCH ABOUT THE ENEMY AS YOU CAN AND SHARING STRATEGIES FOR LIVING. Charlie Heather Elizabeth Baird wrote: > > Like, I am just trying to help. This sometimes helps, in fact > many people, doctors included, swear by it. Try believing that > you are not ill, this is something like negative thinking, we are > all told to be positive, so, we should also be positive when it > comes to our symptoms. Have you tried eating bananas for your > cramps? Remember, the mind is powerful, there is little it can't > do. > [log in to unmask] -- ********************************************************** CHARLES T. MEYER, M.D. MADISON, WISCONSIN **********************************************************