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From: CAM <[log in to unmask]> Dick: Everything you've said is absolutely spot on, and I couldn't agree more. It's also said beautifully, I might add. I would like to encourage you to write more for us and, with permission, allow me to spread your well-written and -conceived thoughts to the [log in to unmask] For a start, I'd like to repost our "How Long" discussion so far... I Dick wrote: > Charlotte, > > Of course none of us wants to wait even a year for better treatments > for PD. This decade was billed as the decade of the brain. Predictions > were made, and widely accepted, that a cure, or at least markedly > improved treatments, would be forthcoming before it was over. Enormous > progress has been made, with new drugs and surgical procedures used > widely, but treatment has not been revolutionized, and it is not clear > how much better off the typical patient is, if he is better off at all. > So far our hopes have been deferred, and many have been badly > disappointed by the limited success of the new treatments. > > Many promising areas are under investigation. A large fraction of the > results will lead nowhere, and some that seem to succeed will have > limited application. It is therefore important that wide ranging > research to develop better treatments be supported, so that any small > amount of real gold may be found that would otherwise remain lost in the > huge amount of ore there is to pick through. > > Dick > > EMPOWERMENT FOR A CURE AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE -- Charlotte Mancuso *************************************************** For advocacy, medical, and other PD-related material, go to: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/CurePD-NorCal