Re: News-Better pigs for transplants

[Barbara Mallut <Barb_MSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Say Wendy.... In reading your post, you kinda put a whole
new spin on the BOVINE collagen injections I've been having
in my vocal cords since May, 1997, in order to to make my
whispery-Parkie-voice stronger.

While of course I KNEW that "bovine" referred to the origins of
the collagen as being from cows, somehow in my mind when
I pictured WHAT was being injected into ME, well, it was just
some "medical-type-stuff."

I suspect that's how recipients of other animal-originated
transplants view whatever's being transplanted into their
respected bodies, as well.

It's pretty tough to picture "Babe,"  in the movie of the same name,
who while a piglet, had as much winsome charm, if not the
adorable face and tap dancing ability, as a youthful Shirley Temple,
sitting on your breakfast plate alongside the scrambled eggs and hashbrowns
<grinning>, or being injected into someone's brain!

Mooooooooooooo.... <giggle>

Barb Mallut
barb_msn@xxxxxxx








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From:   Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Tebay, Wendy M
Sent:   Sunday, October 04, 1998 7:39 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN
Subject:        News-Better pigs for transplants

I'm probably going contrary to common opinion (what's new), but somehow the
thought of pig cells in my brain really turns me off.  I respect the courage
of those who are exploring this form of treatment for themselves and wish
them the best truly, but I honestly don't think that that's the path for me.
If I'm gonna have cells transplanted into my brain, particularly my brain vs
other body parts, then I want them to be human ones.  Personal bias.  Maybe
a few years down the line, this disease will convince me to change my
opinion, however, at the present time, I  want to keep my brain all human.
I have enough off the wall thoughts as it is, without thinking from a pig's
perspective!

Wendy T.