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There is a book, written by someone of this list I believe, called "Eating well staying well with PD" (I think that's the title). Could someone tell me the ISBN of this book so that I can purchase it. I'm also interested in other related books, journal articles etc. if someone has references or favorites. Thanks Daphne ---------- > From: Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: The Cure > Date: June 21, 1999 1:43 PM > > I have been listening to talk of THE CURE ever since I was diagnosed twelve > years ago and it has been hovering ten years in the future throughout that > time. It is the Holy Grail of the PD world, sought after, quested for, > mythologised. Like the Grail it is has become more symbol than reality; > like the Grail it is perceived as mending everything if it can be found; > like the Grail finding it is something only a few can do. > > The trouble with seeing the cure as the Grail is that we PWP are not caste > in the role of questing knights; even less are we Sir Galahads. We > unfortunately are caste in the role of the Fisher King - carrying a wound > that will not heal until Sir Galahad finds the Grail. > > I don't like that role. I'd rather just be me, getting on with my life. And > the only way I know to do that is to put THE CURE into perspective. If the > cure is the single most important thing in my life then I haven't had, nor > do I have, much of a life. The cure is very important to me - but it is not > the be all and end all of my existence, because that would turn it into the > Grail and me into the Fisher King. Far better to find other quests in which > I can take the knights role. That way I keep some of my strength, some of my > skill. Who knows - I might even keep the occasional dragon from bothering > Sir Galahad. > > Dennis > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Dennis Greene 49/dx 37/ onset 32 > There's nothing wrong with me that a cure for PD won't fix! > [log in to unmask] > http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++