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PA> Hi Marling, and people on the List......... PA>Maybe I am cranky, too, Or maybe I am going just a little bit crazy. I PA>just know PD isn't recognized as the monster it really is! PA>Today another caregiver quit--I got a note, taped to the kitchen door, PA>that reads in part: PA>"I neither have the training nor the vocation to care for someone with a PA>TERMINAL ILLNESS." PA>Imagine reading that before breakfast. UGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH PA>--didn't PD kill SIdney Dorris of the NPF Dorris Award? Didn't I hear PA>that he died of bowel obstruction DUE TO PARKINSON'S?? PA>Morbidly yours, PA>Ivan PA>P>S> What about the virus theory?? Are there scientists on the List, or PA>anyone, who would like to enter into this discussion? PA>^^^^^^WARM GREETINGS FROM^^^^^^^^^^ PA>Ivan Suzman 48/11 [log in to unmask] PA>Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 68 deg. F PA>*********************************************************** PA>On Thu, 9 Jul 1998 08:57:14 +0000 Marling McReynolds PA><[log in to unmask]> writes: PA>>Maybe I am just cranky today, but so much has been said of late about PA>>poor (in spirit not money) people with aids or als or some other PA>>"fast" acting disorder needing sympathy and help that I am about to PA>>scream. I think even with the horrible pain, etc. I would rather go PA>>in 3 years than live in misery for the next 40 with pd. I cannot say PA>>that having pd is better than als. My family are long lived and tend PA>>to continue "working" and "doing" all their lives, sometimes in spite PA>>of medical conditions. I do not look forward to 40 or more years of PA>>shaking, freezing, jerking, and being miserable. No one may agree PA>>but 3 to 5 years of misery seems almost a comfort compared to the 40 PA>>I have to look forward to. PA>> PA>>don't forget how to laugh (and do it often) PA>>Marling McReynolds PA>>[log in to unmask] PA>>http://members.tripod.com/~marling PA>> Sid died five years ago this month from septic shock caused by acute constipation, which resulted from his Parkinson's as well as the PD medications he was taking. Donna Dorros, cg for Sid (30 years with PD, 68) **********************************************************/ /* DDorros */ /* [log in to unmask] */ /* */ /* Sent from Capital City Cyberlink */ /**********************************************************/