At 12:17 PM 7/2/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Diane Kelsall said:
>
>> I would like to introduce myself - I am a family physician at the Mount
>Sinai
>> Hospital in Toronto, assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at
>University of
>> Toronto and editor of informed, a quarterly publication for physicians
>from the
>> Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Ontario (ICES).
>>
>> I am in the process of preparing our September issue of informed. One of
>our
>> feature articles is on Parkinson's. The purpose of the article is to
>familiarize
>> physicians with the early signs of Parkinson's, diagnostic criteria and
>the current
>> therapies available for symptomatic and neuroprotective treatment.
>>
>> I am looking for short - 1-2 sentence quotations- from people with
>Parkinson's,
>> family and friends about their experience with Parkinson's in order to
>provide a
>> human face to the article. I want to make sure that my readers understand
>that
>> Parkinson's is not about drugs or surgery, but about people and their
>experiences.
>>
>> If you are willing to supply a quotation for me, I would be very
>appreciative! All
>> quotations can either be anonymous, first or full name, as you desire.
>>
>> I would appreciate any responses by Friday, July 10 by e-mail at
>> [log in to unmask] I realize this is short notice, but I am on a
>fairly tight
>> production schedule!
>>
>Here's our chance guy and gals. Send something to Dr. Kelsall that will
>help educate MD's of our fight each day. I didn't get mine to her said in
>1-2 sentences, but as an editor, I'm sure Dr. Kelsall is quite capable of
>editing my paragraph down to size. I do wish I'd mentioned that it is OK
>for an MD to refer patients on to neuro's when the diagnosis is as
>difficult as that of PD.
>
>Jeanette Fuhr 47/7mos
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74/30 you don't die of parkinson
when you get up each moring say i will beat parkinson
I.Y.Q. DON & VIVIAN
BEST MEDS FOR
PARKINSON IS
LOVE FAITH HOPE
