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Dear Listfriends, My husband and I have returned from a lovely combination vacation/business trip in the northwest part of the country, including B.C. I was fortunate enough to meet two listmembers -- Murray Charters in Vancouver, and Jane Ross in Klamath Falls. The weather was beautiful and we felt we made new friends. The last part of the trip was in Kansas City, where I attended the annual convention of my practice group, the American Dietetic Association. There, I reported on the progress of the manual I'm writing on nutrition and PD; and spent a great deal of time lobbying for increased awareness of PD among health professionals, food producers, and food distributors and manufacturers. It's my hope that this may ultimately result in some funding for education and research for PD; also in better care in hospitals and LTC. Time will tell; I'm not very good at "politicking" unfortunately, but many individuals went from disinterested to sharply aware and very interested by the end of our conversations, so am keeping fingers crossed. I've missed you all, and am enjoying being back with the List! Best regards, Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Nutrition you can live with!" Medical nutrition therapy http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ Tel: 970-493-6532 // Fax: 970-493-6538