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