Hey everyone, Frontline has posted a moving documentary about Parkinson's Disease on their website. Watching this I couldn't help but think of my own and my mother's conditions (neuro-lyme and CIDP, respectively), how we both have had to restructure our lives around our problems, and how this needn't necessarily be an entirely negative experience. Of course it takes an amazing amount of perspective and optimism to believe so, something that, honestly, I haven't been able to engender for myself every day of the week. It is heartening to hear other's optimism in dealing with their own illness when this is the case; I thought it may be as nice for others as it was for me.
To paraphrase Michael J Fox ``We can change things; it's just freedom from fear. Being sick is a very fearful thing and having a catastrophic illness is devastating; but you get up next day and what do you do with it? For me, right now, this is my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.''
[ 02-07-2009, 01:15 PM: Message edited by: ebbakarin ]
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
ebb,
i would not have read this but noticed no replies.
may i suggest you edit it and show PARKINSON'S on subject line and i know you'll have many folks going there like me/others. many w/parkinson's here too.
will watch tomorrow when hubby isn't trying to sleep next to me on pc!
just click on pencil, 3rd box to right of your name, add it and then click edit send when done!
THANKS xox
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
outstanding! thanks so much; i'll add them to my LYME VIDEO COLLECTION since there is so much MISDIAGNOSIS!!
Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :
breaking this up and adding minutes to the links!
quote:Originally posted by ebbakarin: Hey everyone,
Frontline has posted a moving documentary about Parkinson's Disease on their website.
Watching this I couldn't help but think of my own and my mother's conditions (neuro-lyme and CIDP, respectively), how we both have had to restructure our lives around our problems, and how this needn't necessarily be an entirely negative experience.
Of course it takes an amazing amount of perspective and optimism to believe so, something that, honestly, I haven't been able to engender for myself every day of the week.
It is heartening to hear other's optimism in dealing with their own illness when this is the case; I thought it may be as nice for others as it was for me.
To paraphrase Michael J Fox
``We can change things; it's just freedom from fear. Being sick is a very fearful thing and having a catastrophic illness is devastating; but you get up next day and what do you do with it? For me, right now, this is my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.''
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