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Nothing will cure my husband or my late brother in law who also had PD. What about his and our descendants? They hardly shared an environment because of an age difference and early colleges for each. I want the search for a cure to go on because of them. There are a number of PWP's on this list who have genetic PD, as rare as it is. Prevention would be better, but a cure would help. We have not gone from doctor to doctor trying to find a cure, that would be useless. However for my children and grandchildren I will continue to push. Nita Marjorie L. Moorefield wrote: > <snip> > > At 12:19 PM 10/30/1999 +0200, you wrote: > >Hallo everyone out there in cyberspace, > > > > > >I really don't understand why so many Parkinson patients are shouting for > >more money on research for a cure and in the meantime have to suffer from > >the disease. If a cure is found the million Parkinson patients in the world > >are not helped by that, especially those in a later stage of the disease. I > >would fight for better care, e.g. facilities for physical therapy, lower > >costs for medicine and widespread availability of expert neurosurgical > >centers to perform deep brain stimulation. > > > >Chris > > Thank God, finally a voice of wisdom in this wilderness!!! > Tomorrow is my 67 birthday, and I don't mind growing older > at all, I just wish I had saved the energy & money I expended trying > to go from specialist to specialist, praying for a cure, wanting one > of them to tell me the rest were wrong. > For the last 5 or 6 years I have finally learned to accept my PD > and not go chasing half way around the world seeking cures. > > I too pray for a cure, but for the younger ones, and to eradicate it, > but for myself, I'd just be happy if it didn't get any worse. > > As Ever, > Marjorie Moorefield, just another librarian with PD > 66/11 Tomorrow 67/11