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In a message dated 98-06-12 01:11:33 EDT, Ivan Suzman wrote: << What should I say to MaryHelen Davila when she says, "See you in Washington!"? >> Can't sleep. my..... thoughts.... Tell me what ever you want, but I'm going to "DC" for the 4th time, iin honor of and in gratitude to those PWP who came before me, and who are now gone. They arre dead or helpless in "care" facilities trapped in a living death. Those who sufferred without Sinamet, before Levadopa.Those who sacrificed for us - people tthey'd never meet. Ttey fought knwing that they had a " future without hope " so thtat we could have hope. When "they" were diagnosed (if they were ever diagnosed).they were uttterly hopelessly doomed. They learned that quickly. But they still sacrificed. They sacrificed what little human dignity that PD didn't get first, fo serve as medcal testers for us - to pass to us the knowledge , to pass to the responsibility to "carry on" and to "finish the job". We have the responsibilty pased to us to "stop tt now". WE don't have the luxury of time to waste. We haven't reacheddd tthhe finish line yet . We aren' t yet safe drom tthe hell that Morris K Uddall is in NOW. He is still alive -- have we forgtten? Is he invsible to us? "There but for the Grace of God go I" - can we say that yet? Are we so safe yett? Get up, all of us around the world and hold our heads with the dignity we have, ours andd that we inherrited from our PD ffamily before us. Dignity of those whosse lives were raped by PD. No, so what f "offivially" no one "Died" of PD - so it's said, But those with progresseed PD knooow that PD takes life - a slow crel way... an inch at a time. We know better andd so w call all parkieeese . .... don't think of it too long . Charge in ....... with what dignity we have lelft, with whatever we can use, letters, newspaers, music, peoms, rocks, sticks, anything God's given us to usse, don't' ask peeermission - just use what PD hasn't taken yet.... use it, support each other, strengthen each other and fight PD.. Stop it.. If PD lasts a second longer than it haad to, we should hang our heads in shame. Because the time is now.It's our job . We know that. Maryhelen