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Dear List-family.... Per Ivan's request, I just received and viewed the video of his recent TV appearance and am going to share my thoughts 'bout it with ya all. Mind you, I'm not a TV critic.... just another person with Parkinson's who wants to see a cure and/or REAL treatment SOONER rather than later (instead of something that only masks the symptoms). First a comment about the gentleman who interviewed Ivan.... He WASN'T Dan Rather or Tom Brokow, but instead was very genuine man who asked intelligent questions of Ivan, AND let Ivan do most of the talking - a novel approach on the bigee-type national feeds. Ivan really showed courage by going before the TV viewers while he was somewhat "off." Despite having some dyskenesia, he forged ahead and gave a from-the-heart as well as a from-the-guts response to the moderator's questions. He wasn't "in your face" to the speaker or audience about his PD symptoms, but rather just let the watchers see what he had do deal with in living with PD. Ivan was encouraged by the host asking intelligent questions (and THAT is just the "luck of the draw," in TV-land! There're some hosts who DON'T ask intelligent questions nor even wait for their guests to finish replying!) as well as the show's full 1/2 hour being devoted just to PD and Ivan, permitting in depth responses by Ivan. As a fellow youth onset PWP I was deeply touched at Ivan's candor and his courage in being so open about what HE goes thru due to PD - and what WE go thru in similar, if not the exact same ways. Ivan "shot from the hip" on this one, and managed to cover just about every current important PD-related issue and topic in a blunt, yet calm way. Thanks Ivan!!! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask]