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hi all for the benefit of the many new members who have joined us recently i started writing 'translations' of don's posts some time ago [he has the lousiest spelling keyboard in the world!] [as if mine is so great - where'd the caps key go?] because i felt that his messages were too important to miss he is now my adopted "cyber-dad" [my three-dee dad passed on in 1977] [don's youngest daughter, his 'baby', is about my age] At 09:09 1999/07/20 -0700, cyber-dad-don wrote: >i do not have carole's e-mail address but what i've got to say is a lot >for newbies, and not in a bad way. i went through what a lot of you are >going through. after 30 years i still get upset because i can't do what >i used to be able to do. my baby did not know her dad when she came home >from living in ALASKA. but now she is beginning to understand. my sister >does not understand and doesn't come around much. it not the 'happiest' >thing to have but at the same time don't put your head in the sand. cry >when you need to. go to a place where you can do it in private. it took >me - well to tell the truth, i don't know long it took me to accept my >pd. you've got to say and say over again 'i am the same Person, only i've >got to slow down a little, and to blue blazes with any one else!' >i'm not saying it is easy; it's not. we have the right to say, read, do >what we want. this list is one way to let off steam. so please don't feel >alone and don't give up. when i was told about my diagnosis, the doctor >asked me what i wanted. i said i wanted to live as i always had, so i was >given too strong a regimen of meds, which i know now was wrong. so when >they make remarks about your meds, walk away some place and laugh at them. >if it makes you feel good, to heck with them. but never give up. as i tell >everyone, we've all got the same boat to row. just remember there are >a lot of us with PD to help you. so best of my LOVE TO ALL. > >I.Y.Q. [say it fast!] > >DON AND VIVIAN >[the love of don's life for 54 years] > >e-mail don mckinley <[log in to unmask]> janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>