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At 06:55 PM 2000/02/12 -0500, carole wrote: >Hi Audrey: I think Parkinsonians are notoriously prickly, >but perhaps that is a common denominator in ANY >individual with a chronic, progressive, incurable >disease.We're not always good company. We are easy to spin >out of control. Especially when someone is pushing our >buttons. Which is why I am TRYING to learn to count to 10 >(make that 110) before opening my mouth (or responding to >an E-mail) So I won't require further surgical intervention >re: >foot-in-mouth... Carole if i may add a small corollary to carole's comments emotions and even tears seem to rise much closer to the surface once a previously 'normal' human has crossed into the 'parkie zone' [something to do with dopamine aka the 'feel-good-brain-chemical'] [which is also implicated in some forms of addiction] [that was the 'hey'!] rose lane said something like: we may think we are responsible for the way others treat us but we can only be responsible for the way we treat others IF i am able to absorb that concept in all of its layers i find that all those old 'buttons' which can be so vulnerable to being 'pushed' have miraculously disappeared [but some days that's a mighty big 'if'...] Emotions R Us janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0