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hi all i have posted some potentially 'scary to newbies' messages recently with detailed descriptions of what some of us 'medium-timers' deal with in terms of pd symptoms, med side-effects etc we've got a couple of big problems with pd as i see it ignorance and ignorance ignorance in the public/media/healthcare sectors and ignorance in our own little selves the first = outer ignorance = results in mis-diagnosis, mis-treatment, mis-information etc etc at all levels which can be fatal both literally and/or indirectly to us the second = inner ignorance = results in denial, pain, fear and loathing which can also be fatal both literally and/or indirectly to us as i see it i [we] have been given one heck of a challenge it's not a punishment or malicious fate it's just a test and it's our task to do with it what we will i said WILL the method we choose for dealing with it is our choice we can collapse in fear and hide our heads in the sand we can rant and rave in anger at 'the unfairness' we can weep and wail in sorrow at our losses or we can do all of the above and then get on with living the rest of our lives to our best ability not as we had imagined or planned them but as they are with the tools we now have and with the skills we are now learning our plans are/were/will be just that plans ideas thoughts not reality this is real my writing these words your reading these words our learning and caring about each other and about ourselves enuff end of lecture janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada a new voice http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ [log in to unmask]