about the webspinner
 

who am i?

 my name is
janet paterson

in 1988, at age 41
i was diagnosed with parkinson's disease

in 1990, at age 43
i was diagnosed with clinical depression

this is me in 2000
according to Ray Parchelo's Sideroad column
in the 2001/05/04 issue of theHumm
and
this is me in 2001
according to the 2001/05/04 issue of the
 Almonte Herald-Gazette
and
as published in the 2001/09 newsletter of the
Parkinson Society of Ottawa-Carleton

 what is this?

this
is my story
in my words
in my voice
including
my paean to the pieNET
dedicated to
our 'list-mom' Barbara Patterson
on
1999/05/09
[mom's day]

who else am i?
 

a human
the female voision
born starting in 1947
nerd-ette-ified in 1983
pd dx'd starting in 1988
cd dx'd starting in 1990
ether-ized starting in 1995
grace-icated starting in 1996
webwoven starting in 1998
 

 whose copyrights? (or) who's copy writes?

all material on this site
is copyright me and copy write by me
unless other-wise noted
and
all material on this site
is derived from the pieNET archives
or from my own archives
unless other-wise
noted
 

where's the beef?

no dough has changed hands here
nor will it:
the banner ads on each page
are the price that yahoo/geocities charge for free space.
period.
 

a new voice: the roots

my dad was born in glasgow of scottish stock
my mom was born in toronto of english and irish stock
my red hair and freckles are visible physical links to those
lands

my spirit came with its own itinerary

i knew wanted to be an interior designer
i wanted to know why jews and christians were at odds about jesus
i wanted to know why the racial acrimony in little rock happened
i wanted to know why the orange order hated catholics

all before i hit puberty

my life expanded with work and play
into the big city and the big wide world

til i hit the diagnosis of parkinson's

i was being slowed down for a reason
a hint was revealed to me
the physical world lost its substance
the financial world lost its value

my spirit was ravenous
it said feed me

so i read and read
and learned and learned
and am still reading and learning
over and over again

that's why i am here
that's why you are here with me

i found a voice in the written word at the same time
as i found the internet and other parkies
(a triple whammi)

the song continues
and has resulted (so far)
in 700 pages on my website
comprising 5000 messages 500 medical abstracts 800 news items
which discuss pd (and other things)

sharing what i have learned with you
as you have shared with me
 

janet paterson
s-mail: 375 country street, almonte, ontario, K0A 1A0, canada
t-phone: 613 256 8340
w-site: a new voice

http://www.geocities.com/janet313/