One advantage of having more time is it gives me a chance to do things like this - i "hung out" on-line with Michael J Fox a week or so ago. Here's a link to the conversation (and they even posed a question from me which I had submitted prior to the program - comes up at around 10:45 of the video). Wish I had the opportunity for a retort though!
I remember when I was first diagnosed with PD (basically around the same time he went public with his), I wrote to Michael J Fox to tell him that, despite what I thought of his acting career (I never cared much for any of his shows/characters), I appreciated what he was trying to do for PD. While he clearly has more resources as a movie/tv personality, it is still admirable to see the level of activity he takes on given his condition. When I have bad days, the most activism you might be able to coax out of me is hitting the"Like" button on Facebook!
Thank you so much for posting this. I've worked a little with Google Hangouts. This is an example of how interesting and effective it can be.
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