Re: "George" interviews Janet Reno

[Barb_MSN <Barb_MSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Considering the speed at which Janet Reno's PD is degenerating, I
wouldn't be at all surprised to see here talking out of the other
side of her mouth with in a year or two.

Barb (who, MOI a cynic?) Malut
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-----Original Message-----
From: mary yost <myost@xxxxxxxx>
To: PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 12:39 AM
Subject: "George" interviews Janet Reno


>From the September 1999 issue of "George" magazine, here is an
excerpt of
>an interview with Janet Reno written by their executive editor,
Richard
>Blow:
>
>Q: In 1995, you were dignosed with Parkinson's Disease.  How much
does that
>bother you?
>
>RENO:  Some days it does, some days it doesn't.  [Points to her
hands.]
>This is the primary symptom.  Some days I get stiff, but I think
that's
>from lack of exercise in this [right} hand, because of the
shaking of this
>hand.
>
>Q:  Is that frustrating?
>
>RENO:  No.   I just think of what it must be like for people who
have
>difficulties, who stutter, who have cancer.  And you think, Gosh,
I'm
>fortunate.
>
>Q:  Do you worry about it getting worse?
>
>RENO:  No.
>
>Q: Not at all?
>
>RENO:  No.  I know it's going to get worse.  But I watched my
mother die of
>lung cancer.  I watched other people I love die of different
things.  We're
>all going to die someday. So far, I think I'm fortunate.
>
>Q:  What do you say to the people who have urged you to speak out
more
>about Parkinson's?
>
>RENO:  I have told the people I love and have confidence in, "If
you ever
>see me impaired so that I couldn't be attorney general, let me
know."
>Otherwise, I just do my job.
>
>Q:  And that's how you set an example?
>
>RENO:  That's the point I make.  A lot of people tell me, "I've
derived
>such courage from watching you, and I can deal with my
Parkinson's or other
>diseases better because of it."  I'm very happy that I can do
that.  I
>represent the interests of all the people of the United States,
not just
>some, and I think I can use the time after I leave office to
speak out on
>this issue.
>
>Q:  Is there anything that Parkinson's has affected your ability
to do?
>
>RENO:  It's  harder to take  notes of everything at a
Congressional hearing.
>
>Q:  Has your handwriting changed?
>
>RENO:  My handwriting has changed.  It's wiggly, unless I write
very carefully.
>
>[The article continues, and ends with:]
>RENO:  Well, I'm not a Davy Crockett figure. A lot of people have
been
>brought up around animals.  That doesn't make them Davy Crockett.
>
>Q:  Yes, but how many people have wrestled alligators?
>
>RENO: [laughs, holding up hands about two feet apart] They were
SMALL
>alligators.
>
>
>from Mary Yost, age 51, first symptoms 1980, diagnosed 1990,
working full
>time still as a University administrator but reaching
turtle-speed.
>myost@xxxxxxxx