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Hi Murray: I know all about 5AM feistiness. I, too, hobble around like an irritable Quasimodo until the morning Sinemet kicks in. Unfortunately, we PWPs are not well-oiled machines. Perhaps you should begin posting at 6AM? <joking> Carole H. --- Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On 5 Oct 99 at 15:55, Carole Hercun wrote: > > > Hi Murray: What is this reply about? It seems to > be a > > rather cruel and caustic response to a fellow > PWP.God > > knows, we don't have to agree with each other. We > > rarely do, BUT a little empathy goes a long way... > > Carole H. > > Carole, I certainly meant no harm.... It was about > 5:00Am here, couldn't > sleep, waiting for my meds to kick in, reading > e-mail and slopping my corn > flakes with my morning tremor, and when I read > Paul's post about his brother's > recovery from crawling to operating machinery, it > just blended with previous > posts asking for funding so 1,000,000 PWP's could > rejoin the work force and my > feeble brain envisioned leagues of recovered parkies > plantin' corn and > soybeans... that's all. I grew up on a farm and > spent many hours plantin' and > sprayin' and harvesting and I really know first hand > the desperation of poverty > and farming. I apologize if anyone thought I was > making fun of the farmers. > I really was encouraged that a fellow PWP might make > such a dramatic recovery. > > my apologies .......... murray > > > > > --- Murray Charters > <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > On 5 Oct 99 at 5:18, P&B Fahr wrote: > > > > > > > My brother had biSTN April 98. > > > > > > > > Before surgery he had to crawl around on his > hands > > > and > > > > knees. > > > > > > > > Two weeks after surgery he was operating > tractors > > > and > > > > other farm machinery planting corn and > soybeans. > > > > > > > > Two months after surgery he was up on the > house > > > roof > > > > doing carpenter work. > > > > > > > > If you asked him if he would do it again --- > his > > > answer > > > > is YES. > > > > > > > > Except for the 30 minutes or so till meds kick > in > > > in the > > > > morning you would be hardpressed to figure out > he > > > has an > > > > advanced stage of PD. > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > Thank you for sharing this encouraging news with > us, > > > this is just what I need > > > to cheer me up as I slop my Corn Flakes. > > > > > > Imagine a million of us out plantin' corn and > > > soybeans... why we could solve > > > the world food shortages and bail out them > > > farmers........ > > > > > > PD does affect the brain, doesn't it ........ > murray > > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com > > > > > [log in to unmask] > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com