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Hi Kathrynne! You wrote: > Dear listfriends, > You may like to know that the American Dietetic Association has awarded > me a grant to write a manual on nutrition and Parkinson's disease for > registered dietitians. Although this does not have the significance of > attaining a cure for PD, I regard it as a breakthrough for my > profession, in that the ADA wants to promote improved understanding of, > and nutritional care for, PD. I hope this will lead the way to better > care for people in hospitals and long-term-care; but primarily, I hope > it will initiate earlier preventive measures that will help keep people > with PD out of hospitals and LTC in the first place.... I think this is a very significant accomplishment; well done! An added benefit to those you mention, is simply our biggest challenge right now - awareness and visibility. I am so conscious of the need for public awareness, that I consider it an opportunity, if I happen to hit an 'off' period when I am in public view. I refuse to consider it an embarassment. Inch by inch, step by step, and then watch out! Your cyber-sibling in word-spreading, Janet Janet Paterson aka Calendar Control Supervisor 51/10 - Sinemet/Selegiline/Prozac - [log in to unmask] Quotations: http://newww.com/cgi-bin/do_cal?c:newvoice PWP Event Calendar: http://newww.com/cgi-bin/do_cal?c:pwpc