Hi Bernard: I'm Carole, not janet, but I'm going to answer you anyway. I think the illness changes our brains, ourselves, in ways I don't begin to understand, both psychological and physiological. I know I have become a very different person as a result of PD. I have done things this past year that I had put off doing for a lifetime. Charlie wrote when I first joined this List that no matter what happens, it will be an interesting journey. I agree. At any rate, it is a pleasure to see such a "Cockeyed Optimist" in our midst. Carole H. --- Bernard Shaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Janet I am so pleased that you are alright. Your > poem did touch me but then > nowadays so much touches me that I did not > consciously see before > Parkinon's. A piece of music .a child that is in > distress, a poverty > stricken person anywhere in the world. My heart goes > out to them. Is it > possibly all this Sinamet.? Does it cause our brains > to react differently or > is it Old Age creeping up.? I tell everone that I > meet, I will live to be a > hundred, Parkinson or no Parkinson. I want to see > the civilisation jump in > the next thirty years. Perhaps I too will be able to > go to Mars or even the > Moon. I have alwayss been an optimist so perhaps I > will reach the 100 mark. > http://members.teleweb.at/bernard.shaw/poetry.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com