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At 11:09 1999/06/06 -0700, you wrote: >Carole Hercun writes: > >> having this disease. They will talk about his intestinal polyp but not >> his Parkinson's. Perhaps because PD is a BRAIN disease and there is >> still a stigma attached to a "mental" illness? I say this also from the >> prospective of a psychiatric nurse. What do you think? > >I think that this is "right on the money" and shows, indeed, that >there is still lots of prejudice regarding "brain diseases". > >Best, > >Bob hear hear!!!! janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset Postal: PO Box 171, Almonte, Ontario, K0A 1A0, Canada WebUrl: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> E-mail: [log in to unmask]