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Barb, Your loss is our gain! We had an El Nino Summer in Spring. Last week the tempature at the Portland Intrernational Jetport topped of at 88* Farenheit of course. We are heading into the perfect seasons for optimism. Spring and baseball resonate hope. Hope springs eternal. Our beloved Red Sox are 2-0, I can see the headlines in the Boston Globe :" Red Sox Nation in fantasy world as pennant fever grips hub!" Ya see Barb, we New Englanders have been conditioned to be optimist while retaining just enough cynicism to be real. However, I buck that trend and say there are big things on the way for PWP's everywhere. We have to continue to push, push, push until we can claim a cure as our victory. I have felt all the minor victories one can tolerate. Because it is inevitable we will crash at some point even if it is shortlived. I personally try not to get to high about any news items that come our way regarding possible cures or improved treatments. Keeping an eye towards that day without getting caught up in the sensationalism that pervades our news media. I have heard at least a half a dozen reports about the FACT that a Parkinson's gene has been foung and will almost certainly lead to a cure. I know we are headed towards finding better treatments and hopefully a cure. But it seems to me there should be some sort of balanced approach toward any funding (UDALL BILL) of PWP. The bulk should go to epidemiology and related projects. However, a portions of the funding should go to education and awareness with the remainder going to PWP's whom have been unable to work and are currently getting $6.50/hr for caregivers. This is not enough! Sorry, but I must head off to work! Greg Leeman37/7 -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Mallut <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, April 02, 1998 4:26 AM Subject: Re: Parkinson personality??? >J,P.... My flight of poetic fancy was, oddly enough, inspired by El Nino! > >Rain poured down as I typed my "PD Personality" message, when suddenly I heard >the staccato sound of hail pelting down. I got up to watch it and was struck >by the sight of my patio and it's many potted trees, shrubs and flowers >covered by 'bout 3 or 4 inches of white stuff. NEAT!!! > >As I stood there enjoying the visual treat of the slowly melting frozen >pellets, I was reminded of how a rock slowly becomes a stone.... and THAT >somehow ended up in my message. > >It's being said of Southern California that March came in like a lion, and >went out like.......... January! Well, compared to our usual 100+ degree >weather from June thru late September, I'll take this wonderful rainy, crispy >cold weather ANY day! > >Uhhhhh.... by the way... I can hear Ivan, Greg L. and our other Maine and New >England (plus them Midwesterners and Canadians) residents laughing themselves >silly at what this native-born Angeleno considers "crispy cold" weather - >about 58 degrees daytime, and maybe 32 at nite! > >OK, youse guys.... quit that chortling After all.... I HAVE seen snow come >out of the sky in my life time..... errrrrr..... twice. <grin> > >Barb Mallut >[log in to unmask] >---------- >From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Joao Paulo Carvalho >Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 1998 4:13 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN >Subject: Re: Parkinson personality??? > >Barbara Mallut wrote: Just as a craggy, faceted rock tossed into the >ocean is eventually > >> ground into a smooth, rounded stone by continually having it's >> edges worn away by the sheer repetition and power of the oceans >> waves, so the disease grinds down our own unique "edges" till >> we've grown somewhat featureless, tho no less beautiful in our >> own way. > >Hi Barb M, > >As I see it there are "some" personalties that develops poetic >feelings..... :-)) > >Cheers, > > > +----| Joao Paulo de Carvalho |------ + > | [log in to unmask] | > +--------| Salvador-Bahia-Brazil |------+ >