i have been to quite a few boardcertified neuros in
the past three year with a legal matter and most know
squat, zero, zilch. a few admited it, but, quite a few
tried to fake it and it was obvious.
--- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 1) I had to explain to my new GP exactly CP is and
> why I'm not doing as well
> as CP adults are theoretically supposed to. But
> once I brought up PPS and
> the role of fatigue and the similairty in growing
> older with CP, she "got
> it." I just wish doctors were more well-informed,
> that's all.
>
> 2) Sad to say, Terri Shiavo's case is not unique
> and such cases will be
> fought over in our judicial system as long as there
> is ambiguity over wishes
> regarding end-of-life issues and conflct within
> families. If Terri's parents
> hadn't chosen to go public with it, it'd have stayed
> a private family matter
> without all this dragging the courts into it. None
> of this would have been
> possible thirty years ago, before modern medicine
> raised our expecations and
> prolonged lives with the help of machinery, etc.
>
> 3) Personally speaking, I resent the efforts of
> disability rights groups such
> as "Not Dead Yet" interferring with my right to die
> as I wish. Nor do I want
> the U.S. Government telling my family how to decide.
> This is interferrence
> that is intrusive and just plain not right. Now I'm
> not talking about
> suicide per se but about terminal illness or
> vegetative states. Itr's my
> life and I reserve the right to do as I wish.
>
> Frankly, I think it's very interesting that since
> President Bush signed that
> emergency bill last week, his approval ratings have
> gone down, particularly
> amongst conservatives. I also find it ironical that
> I'm siding with the
> majority in this, when I'm usually the odd person
> out.
>
> Kat
>
> On Saturday 26 March 2005 8:16 pm, Bobby Greer
> wrote:
> > First Frist is a cardiologist. I have had to
> explain what cp is to many
> > MD's. Having little or no knowledge
> > of what cp is, I would say, typical of most MD's.
> Secondly.
> > "neocons" is a neologism and a pjorative one at
> that.
> > I am a moderate and your logic appears to be a bit
> flawed.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Brent Edwards" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 12:09 AM
> > Subject: More Terri Schiavo bullsh*t
> >
>
>
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