Re: Looking forward

[Nancy D Mullen <ds401@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Reply to message from dennisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx of Mon, 31 Mar
Dennis,

Thanks.

Nancy

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>Dear listmembers,
>
>A recent thread on the list has dealt with the reaction of many of
>us in the middle stages of PD, to being reminded of the realities
>of end stage PD.
>
>It is a hard thing to do, living with Parkinson's Disease in your life.
>Whether PWP or CG we survive by devising techniques by which
>we manage the disease and, probably more importantly, ourselves
>and our attitudes to PD. It has often been said that no two people
>experince PD in exactly the same way.  It is equaly true that no two
>people will deal wth it in the same way.
>
>There is one glaring exception to this 'rule'.  In my experience those
>of us who have learnt to take "one day at a time", seem to be the
>most succesful at maintaining some quality in our lives.  Very few of
>us have this attitude at diagnoses.  Most of us seem to enter the
>grief cycle,  experiencing varying degrees of denial and anger,
>before finally accepting our new status.  This is the point at which
>the great divide occurs.  Some of us, overwhelmed by the problems
>they are already facing, and shocked and terrified by their vision of
>the possible future, become the wounded in this war of attrition in
>which we are all unwilling draftees.  The rest of us, faced with the
>same vision, and accutely concious of how small we are, choose
>to concentrate on the battle at hand.  The grand stratagies that
>will win this war are beyond us as individuals.  New drugs, new
>surgical techniques, new genetic information - these are what will
>win the war against PD.  We individual footsoldiers approach the
>war piecemeal, one skirmish, one day at a time.
>
>It is our task to secure our own piece of the battle ground.  Many
>of us will lose our individual battles before the war is won. We cannot
>let that fact distract us. That battle is for another day and requires
>a different type of courage.
>
>Dennis.
>
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>Dennis Greene 47/10
>dennisg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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