PARKINSON'S AFRICA There's a certain hypocrisy about living with Parkinson's that most of us who think we suffer don't understand. In reality, we don't suffer at all. We get help from the state. And if we don't get help from our respective governments we have enough money in our pockets to buy the medication that we need. Or at least some of it at the very least. And if we need a little bit more help we can buy health insurance to cover the medical cost. But what if you couldn't afford any of that and to make matters worse a condition like Parkinson's was seen as being a curse or possession by the devil, and you were treated like an outcast within your own community? It's real and it happens. But we ignore the problems of others because we are only willing to help ourselves and donate to the causes that help us. Well, how much more do we need? And will it make any difference anyway? There's a certain imbalance in the Parkinson's world because we have absolutely no idea what suffering really is. And it takes a documentary about Parkinson's in Africa or South America to realize how badly treated the Parkinson's communities in other parts of the world are because they get next to nothing. And when I heard from Gavin Mogan about how his late wife Amy who died of brain cancer recently wanted him to carry on helping others then I understood. He is trying to raise a million dollars to help people who have Parkinson's in Africa and other third-world countries instead of donating it to himself. There's a certain imbalance in the way we raise billions for organizations such as the Michael J. Fox Foundation and others to try and find a cure for a condition that may never be found when we really should be using the billions to help people now. And I for one totally agree with that. And if I can help Gavin Mogan his children and his late wife Amy raise some money for a just cause like that then I will try to help as much as I can.