At 08:57 AM 12/20/97 EST, Honie12440 wrote: >It's a small world isn't it=85It's a small world =85.sung to Disney's= music. > >I am feeling so good since connecting with Requip that I wanted to share a= few >PD moments that have occurred since last Saturday nights support group= party >held at Dr. Perez's home. At the party I met a woman who has had PD for 16 >years. I will call her LC. I spent time with her and she has had a >palladomanty and is depressed. Wednesday my buddy Skip had an appointment= with >Dr. Perez. We hang around together so I went to the hospital with Skip for >his appointment with Dr. Perez. While Skip was being questioned by the= nurse >practitioner, Dr. Perez asked me to accompany him on his hospital rounds.= One >of the patients was LC from the party. After Skip completed his exam by Dr. >Perez we went back to visit LC. I promised I would stop back on Thursday to >see her. I had an appointment on Thursday with a cardiologist in the= hospital >so I went early to visit LC. I arrived at noon and she was dressed sitting= in >the hall waiting till 5PM for her boy friend to come and take her home. I= had >just enough time to take her home to avoid her sitting in the hall for 5 >hours. > >I got back just in time for my appointment. Maureen waited in the reception >area and overheard a woman talking about PD. When I completed my exam,= Maureen >mentioned that a lady in front of us had had a PD conversation with her >daughter. I went over and introduced myself to the lady. Her husband has= had >PD for 26 years (longest period that I am personally aware of) Her husband= is >house confined and we chatted for about 45 minutes. I invited her to the >support group meetings. She said they had previous attended but had not= been >in ten years. She said they had a friend that they had lost touch named= L.C. >This was of course the lady I had just met and taken home from the= hospital. I >was able to advise them how to get in touch again. Nosey me in the right >place at the right time. > >The same day while waiting in the doctor's office, I struck up a= conversation >with some patients waiting for their first appointment with Doctor Perez. I >asked then if they were on the listserv and how they happen to travel from >Utica to Syracuse for treatment. Their handle is sugar & Spice and they= said >Dale Severance had answered their internet inquire in Central NY for a >movement disorder specialist. I tried to keep a straight face but at this >point she realized that she was talking to Dale Severance from the= internet. >She filed her own report of her meeting with the doctor and myself a day or >two ago. > dale i to have had pd for 26yrs or was disoage 26yrs am on the net a lot i do not know who you are or you e mail am house biund a lot. [log in to unmask] 73/26 lima,ohio I.Y.Q.don&vivian love of my life =20