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hi all At 09:34 2001/02/20 -0600, Joan Snyder wrote: >janet, that is an terribly improtant question that you have >raised and i have yet to see it at issue anywhere. it certainly >seems to me something we should all be concerned about...even >tho my life is filled with family & friends and a loving spouse >...there are the times when i get them all outta the house and >sit back and the thought never occured to me that at that moment >i am certainly more at risk than any other time.but as my falls >& bangs & bruises get more pronounced-now i know that i must >think about what was unthinkable. i think that this subject >requires our attention and it requires it now... i sometimes wonder if pd's "on" again "off" again phenomenon in us oldish-timers has something to do with possible denial of the real dangers resulting in the sort of thinking: "the 'off' me is not the 'real' me - so there's no real problem..." ? >and a bit about the driving...i'm only 49 years old-that's alot >of soul searching for someone who has been brought up with the >idea firmly implanted that "it's not just your car-it's your >freedom." i decieded last year that i will only drive during >the daylight hours in my little town, no more driving jaunts >to the big city. and i only drive when i feel up to it-it's >just another part of learning to cope and learning patience-to >sit back & enjoy the ride rather than be the driver. when we >had to take away my dad's keys because of his advancing alzheimer's, >i prayed that i would be more reasonable when it came my turn... >only now can i understand how helpless that it must have made >him feel. i wonder if there is a cultural divide here? the expression "it's not just your car - it's your freedom" means nothing to me - it sounds like a car ad - where does it come from? heck, freedom to me can be as simple as walking down the street whistling a happy tune! (which would be a miracle in itself, since i can barely whistle!) car ownership is a privilege and a burden in NYC for example it is a heavy and expensive burden far less expense and aggravation to walk or take buses or taxis more food for thought... janet janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype parkie 53 now / 44 dx cd / 43 onset cd / 41 dx pd / 37 onset pd TEL: 613 256 8340 SMAIL: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada EMAIL: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/