A personal stake in finding a cure
 

A personal stake in finding a cure

By Peggy Kreimer
Post staff reporter
The Cincinnatti Post

A week after riding in a bicycle fund-raiser for multiple sclerosis, Dale Ankenman noticed he was dragging his foot, and his right hand wasn't working at all.

It was the first sign of a neurological disorder that has changed his life.

Ankenman is still riding in fund-raisers, but now the cause is personal. It's called Parkinson's disease.

The disease destroys or impairs nerve cells that produce dopamine, a chemical needed for muscle movement and control.

There's no cure, but there is treatment. Ankenman, of Florence is riding a tandem bike with his wife, Barbara, in the fourth annual Sunflower Revolution Ride on Sunday to raise money for research into new and better treatments and a cure.

The ride is part of a weekend of education, celebration and fund raising sponsored by the Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cincinnati and University Hospital and the Davis Phinney Foundation, founded by bicyclist Davis Phinney to support Parkinson's research.


NOTE: Also on this page is information about the Sunflower Revolution, which has an annual Gala and Symposium...info about all is on this linked page below

Read full article and info on the Sunflower Revolution

Thank You, Carolyn
 

So many times, I have read your "research posts" and have thought I would like to thank you for the research...your effort and time...to keep all of us updated...and so...this is a "thank you" for what you do on behalf of us, here. I'm sure others have thanked you, but I felt that I wanted/needed to thank you personally. In you we have our own personal "guru"!!!

Therese

:hug: Theresa

I have about 60 RSS feeds in my Google Reader I go through at least once a day, sometimes more, depending on how much in in there...usually over 100 news items...fills up very fast. I also have Yahoo and Google Alerts to read. It is at lot of work, but if it helps just one person in the Forum, that is satisfaction for me.

:Thanx:

I did start the news Blog, but it was not used much so I abandoned it after I returned from my surgery and hospitalization in July.