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----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Anibal <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: zaterdag 30 oktober 1999 1:47 Subject: Re: Government !!!! > Tina: > Sorry to see you are so cynical about the search for a cure for PD etc. The > nature of the beast (PD) is such that a tremendous amount of research is > necessary to first understand what the disease is. Sure, we are told that it > is due to the death of cells in the substantia nigra. But firsr tey must > understand the why of the cell death. This requires knowledge of a > fantastic amount of chemistry of the brain. Thus the remendous amount of > research on brain chemistry. In the course of such research they have found > out some brain chemistry which has resulted in sinemet, mirapex, tasmar and > the other drugs to treat the PD beast. My guess is that you are not > acquainted with such things as the various surgeries and cell implantation > techniques. Stick around here and you will find out a lot. > > As to Polio being the last cure - please realize that finding a cure for a > disease caused by an organism is a lot simpler than finding a cure for PD. > To oversimplify- to find a cure for such a disease first find the organism > then find a way to kill it or help the body neutralize or kill it. Other " > cures" in the past few decades have been the anti-biotics used to CURE > various diseases. > You finish your letter by saying " Hope everyone had a nice day" - well, > frankly, reading your letter kind of spoiled my day a little. I feel sorry > for you and fervently hope that in time you will realize that humanity is > not hopeless. > Bob Anibal > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tina <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 5:01 PM > Subject: Government !!!! > > > > You guys are real nice and upbeat, but I have to say my own opinion. I > > was dx in June with PD, and I am a fighter, so it doesn't bother me that > > much. I realize I will have to make adjustments down the road. The way > > I see it though, the only thing government and research companies are > > going to do, is help us live with it. There will not be a cure because > > the drug companies are making too much money. I mean come on, all the > > technology we have today, and the last thing we came up with a cure for > > was Polio. I really think we can have a cure for everything by now, but > > why when you make all this money off drugs. Hope I didn't offend > > anyone, just wanted to get that off my chest. Hope everyone had a nice > > day. > > > > Tina from Ohio > > >