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-----Original Message----- From: Barbara Mallut <[log in to unmask]> To: Parkinson's Information Exchange <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 11:46 AM Subject: Re: Re: One more thing >Ohhh darn! Sorry to disappoint ya, Jeanette, m'dear, but I'm the >antithesis of that "tall, leggy, and tan" stereotypical "California >girl." > >Every morning when I get up, I run into the bathroom to double-check >in the mirror to see if I'm still 5' 4 inches tall and as pale as >Casper-the-ghost, and sure 'nuf..... ain't nuttin changed (except I >gotta day older!) <grin> > >Errrrrr... I DO have very nice long legs, tho, thank-you-Veda-much! ><faking humble blush> > >Barb Mallut (California Girl by birth, but not by looks) >[log in to unmask] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Leo Fuhr <[log in to unmask]> >To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN ><[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 8:00 AM >Subject: Re: One more thing > > >>Joan Snyder said in part: >>PD just doesn't fit in with the mental >>> picture I have of myself and every so often I need a reality check >to >>> make sure that I'm firmly planted in the here & now! It's kinda >like >>> being 47-I'm still supposed to be 27! I still think, talk and act >like >>> I'm 27 but unfortunately, a long hard look in the mirror, >............. >>> me crashing down to reality. How can we ever get comfortable with >this >>> aging stuff & then with PD & then with all the other stuff? Maybe >>> someday I'll grow up and not have these weird delusions about my >age, my >>> looks & my condition...maybe not!! >> >>I know what Joan means about looking in the mirror and seeing a >person who >>looks like my mom probably looked 33 years ago when she was 47 and I >was >>15. How did I get to be the middle aged mother person in the >mirror and >>my babies grow to be 22 and nearly 17?? I guess time does fly when >you are >>having fun....or even if you aren't. I can't believe that as of >Tues. >>11/3/98 I have been diagnosed with Parkinson's for an entire year. >Where >>has that year gone? I guess it is natural that we as human beings >often see >>ourselves in our "mind's eye" as young, ready to take on the world, >with >>all of life ahead. >> >>It is best to be positive and think great things about what is >possible for >>us to do. How we actually look in the mirror isn't as important as >how we >>feel about what we can do with today >> >>Can I do most of the things on my to do list? Will my visit with my >>parents be enjoyable? Will this change in meds be better? Will the >new >>"used" car my husb. just bought for me be as good as the last new >car we >>purchased? Will a cure/cause for pd be discovered in (99)? I will >answer >>each ? with a YES, knowing that is what I hope to happen, realizing >that >>may not ACTUALLY be the outcome. >> >>We are entirely too obsessed with physical appearance in this >electronic >>age. That's what is nice about e-mail. I can imagine that Barb of >Calif. >>is tall, leggy, tanned----or Jerry of TX wears jeans, plaid shirt >and a ten >>gallon hat, BarbKKFI of KS is a good witch, Janet of Canada may wear >>lumberjack shirt and dungerees like Paul Bunyon, Ken of FLA must >look like >>Tom Hanks or Tom Cruise. Who needs a mirror if our perceived >likeness >>gives us strength to get through the next 24? If reincarnated, I'd >like to >>try a month as Julia Roberts or any tall, slim, leggy female or as >>Garfield, the cat. Just to see if it would change my life. >> >>Keep on thinking you are 27 and can do anything, Joan. >> >>Jeanette Fuhr 48/dx. Nov 97 >> > > >