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Thank you for your posting. I'm someshat in the same boat I didn't "select" retireement, Parkinsons Retired me. Now I write an occassional article on Computers or Ham Radio, do gardening, and bear with the "off" periods. Still enjoy the chalange of writing though. Its slow, anot like the old days when I could writte one or two a day, now one a month is more like it. Lots of us out here. Walt W2TQK 57/4 <mailto:[log in to unmask]> | -----Original Message----- | From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network | [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Giles | Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 10:42 AM | To: [log in to unmask] | Subject: #Parkinsons on IRC | | | About four years ago #Parkinsons on IRC was started as a way to ease my | growing fear that I would not be able to cope with something I did not | understand. Then, I was able to burn the candle at both ends and pay the | debt later. During those four years Parkinsons has shortened the candle | considerably and has increased the cost of burning both ends to | more than I | care to pay. | Recently, I made the decision to cease being manager of | #parkinsons. After | an purchaseing a faster computer and additional software, I talked myself | into a attempt to continue as manager. | I have come to the conclusion that this is not possible. | Concentrating on something such as TV or using the computer uses | up my meds | to the point that sleep is not possible. Add to this the fact | that I seem to | be loosing the ability to stop working on a task once I start it. The | feeling, the pleasure, of doing something with steady hands, a body that | responds without thought, has become addictive to the point I no longer | trust my ability to know when it's time to stop. | I know it sounds silly. But too many mornings have found me coming to the | realization that I'd spent the night doing something that cound | have waited | instead of getting some much needed sleep. | | #parkinsons, even at it's birth, was never just me. | It was and is the people who visit regularly and those who drop by | occasionlly. It is made up of those who know little or a lot about | Parkinsons or Computers. I will still drop in occasionally, | but the time has come to choose and I offer no appology for chooseing | Kristen, nephews, cats, and sunsets. | | | Marvin Giles (WerPuppy) |