Hi Susan: One more piece of information. Just came home from a symposium given for health care professionals given by Yale's Movement Disorders Clinic (New Haven,CT) and THEY say they are still researching pros and cons re: Sinemet for early onset PD, and will take no position either way. Carole H. --- Susan Trout <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > HEY!! Desist with the cat calls. I have early onset PD; > was dx 2 years ago. > I attended a conference where I heard a Burrows Institute > physician tell an > auditorium full of PWP and professionals that this > ongoing squabble of Early > Senemet Usage Vs Non-early Senemet Usage is the product > (and I'll add the > progeny, offspring, child, and an apparent evil child at > that) of two of the > leading PD researchers and their camps. They present > materials at a > reoccurring national symposium, presentations just about > in alternating > years. It appears the two researchers despise each other > so much that they, > and their camps of followers, seem to spend more time > trying to tear down > each other's position on Senemet usage than time spent > trying to help PWP. > Imagine what could be done for US is THEY stopped > squabbling. Stop harassing > each other here and GO AFTER THE RESEARCHERS to do the > work they claim they > want to do; find a cure for PD. Just Imagine the > benefits We would have if > They redirected their energies by Getting Over Their > Hate; their jealousy > is theft, robbery, it is the Case of the Purloined PD > Cure. Go to the > sources of this division; tell them "Enough already, > Cease the Meowing, get > to work on a cure." > > charlotte wrote: > > Humor? Read it again please; it doesn't sound like humor > to me, and I love > to laugh. > --------------------- > Hi janet: I love the way you are SO reluctant to speak > your mind. Your 2 > cents worth is more like $2.00 worth. [snip]... Carole H. > ----------------------------------- > hi carole > i can't help it when i see what i consider arrogance or > ignorance affecting > someone's health i see red [snip]... > Charlotte > ------------------------------------ > With all due respect, what's good for you and indeed many > others is not > necessaryily the ONLY answer for everyone. There should > not be the Sinemet > school doing battle with the delaying Sinemet school. > There is more than > one way to skin PD. Please, may we have a less black and > white discussion? > Charlotte > ----------------------------------- > Brian Collins wrote: > I am in full agreement with Janet on the subject of > delaying > Sinemet...Witholding Sinemet in early PD is stupid, and > it doesn't work. Of > course proving that it doesn't work is virtually > impossible... > > ************************************************** > For advocacy, medical, and other PD-related material, go > to: > http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/CurePD-NorCal > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com