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Or at least drooling out of one side of her mouth!!!!

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> From:         Barb_MSN[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Sunday, September 19, 1999 2:31 PM
> Subject:      Re: "George" interviews Janet Reno
>
> Considering the speed at which Janet Reno's PD is degenerating, I
> wouldn't be at all surprised to see here talking out of the other
> side of her mouth with in a year or two.
>
> Barb (who, MOI a cynic?) Malut
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mary yost <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:39 AM
> Subject: "George" interviews Janet Reno
>
>
> >From the September 1999 issue of "George" magazine, here is an
> excerpt of
> >an interview with Janet Reno written by their executive editor,
> Richard
> >Blow:
> >
> >Q: In 1995, you were dignosed with Parkinson's Disease.  How much
> does that
> >bother you?
> >
> >RENO:  Some days it does, some days it doesn't.  [Points to her
> hands.]
> >This is the primary symptom.  Some days I get stiff, but I think
> that's
> >from lack of exercise in this [right} hand, because of the
> shaking of this
> >hand.
> >
> >Q:  Is that frustrating?
> >
> >RENO:  No.   I just think of what it must be like for people who
> have
> >difficulties, who stutter, who have cancer.  And you think, Gosh,
> I'm
> >fortunate.
> >
> >Q:  Do you worry about it getting worse?
> >
> >RENO:  No.
> >
> >Q: Not at all?
> >
> >RENO:  No.  I know it's going to get worse.  But I watched my
> mother die of
> >lung cancer.  I watched other people I love die of different
> things.  We're
> >all going to die someday. So far, I think I'm fortunate.
> >
> >Q:  What do you say to the people who have urged you to speak out
> more
> >about Parkinson's?
> >
> >RENO:  I have told the people I love and have confidence in, "If
> you ever
> >see me impaired so that I couldn't be attorney general, let me
> know."
> >Otherwise, I just do my job.
> >
> >Q:  And that's how you set an example?
> >
> >RENO:  That's the point I make.  A lot of people tell me, "I've
> derived
> >such courage from watching you, and I can deal with my
> Parkinson's or other
> >diseases better because of it."  I'm very happy that I can do
> that.  I
> >represent the interests of all the people of the United States,
> not just
> >some, and I think I can use the time after I leave office to
> speak out on
> >this issue.
> >
> >Q:  Is there anything that Parkinson's has affected your ability
> to do?
> >
> >RENO:  It's  harder to take  notes of everything at a
> Congressional hearing.
> >
> >Q:  Has your handwriting changed?
> >
> >RENO:  My handwriting has changed.  It's wiggly, unless I write
> very carefully.
> >
> >[The article continues, and ends with:]
> >RENO:  Well, I'm not a Davy Crockett figure. A lot of people have
> been
> >brought up around animals.  That doesn't make them Davy Crockett.
> >
> >Q:  Yes, but how many people have wrestled alligators?
> >
> >RENO: [laughs, holding up hands about two feet apart] They were
> SMALL
> >alligators.
> >
> >
> >from Mary Yost, age 51, first symptoms 1980, diagnosed 1990,
> working full
> >time still as a University administrator but reaching
> turtle-speed.
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