-----Original Message----- From: John Lees <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: 20. december 1998 06:23 Subject: Pd versus other illneses >Shalom > Please allow me to share my thoughts on this matter. I have had Pd >for five years. I hate it. I truly understand how much of a monster it is >. > My brother died of diabetes 2 years ago. He was six years younger >then I am, I miss him. > My lovely bride of 21 years has MS. > Which of us is in greater need of re-search money .I don't know. I >am tired of suffering yet I hurt just as much when Shannon is not feeling >well. And I truly hurt when I think of my brother. > Perhaps instead of saying the money for my cure is more important >then the money for your cure we could try to understand one another