Heather Elizabeth Baird wrote: > > Like, thanks for the excellent reply, Jimmy, eh? Doesn't > everyones name end in a 'y' ? Yes, you are correct in all your > diagnosis methods, except you missed the most important one of > all. That one is belief. If you believe that the Sinemet will > not work, it won't, no matter what illness you do or don't have. > That is why the Placebo works so well so often, it is not the > drug, but the belief that works. We still do not understand the > mind, for example, can we, by just believing, cure an illness? > Anyway, that is my two cents worth, not here much these days, > just too busy to remember that I have PD. That reminds me, why > do we call it a disease? If you have cancer, you don't say I > have cancer disease. If you have Aids, you don't say I have Aids > Disease. But if you have Parkinsons, you say, I have Parkinsons > Disease!? > [log in to unmask] james parkinson first described in some medical journal back in the 1870s,thus securing his place in medical history.as a result it is his disease as well as ours.lucky for him he didn't discover diarrhea ned b