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Marjorie, I agree in part with what you say, but believe that age plays an important factor in your outlook on cure vs. better treatment. I can see where someone 70 is more likely to settle for better treatment, whereas someone who is 40 hopes for a cure. I am 47 and I would personally like to see something available to eliminate PD symptoms while I wait for that cure to arrive. I only pray that a cure is found before my children reach mid-life. Greg 47/35/35 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