hi all

At 09:10 1999/06/04 EDT, jim wrote:
>Group -
>Last month The Providence (RI) Journal interviewed me
>after I gave a speech to a nearby PD support group...

jim's complete diary since the pig-cell implant surgery in september 1996
is now semi-permanently posted in the hole-in-the-head gang nook
on the wwweb wwwinnebago at:

Jim Finn: My Pig-Cell Implant Diary: As Posted to the pieNET:
http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/finn/

jim has my deep admiration for his courage and his determination;
jim's brain cells, however, are what really excite me [!!]

as i told jim:
> ... your brain's story needs to be told from the rooftops
>in my humble opinion
>
>the past three years have been a bit of a roller coaster with pd
>this new surgery and that old surgery ...
>this new drug and that new drug ...
>
>and all the while
>your brain has been quietly percolating away
>growing new dopamine cells...

for some strange reason
i have never felt deeply distressed by having parkinson's
[that is, after getting over the initial ignorance-caused-fear]

i have always felt that in terms of science, technology, and research
'the times they are a-changin'
unrelentingly and
irrevocably

i feel that jim's surgery is an inspiring indicator of those changes
and
i also feel that this is only the beginning

heck,
who needs michael j. fox as a spokesman???
when we have our own james c. finn
complete with pig!
(ono, not another one!)

your silly cyber-sis
on a silly sunny friday morning

janet