Dear Betty Jo - I can't understand why they make it so hard to get SSDI. We Pay into it for years expecting it to be there if God forbid we need it someday. I really identify with you on the driving. I didn't work so was not eligible for SSDI but I did drive both while medicated and when not on anything and one evening as I was on my way home, a car stopped to turn into a driveway. No problem, I had plenty of time to stop which was what my brain told my leg to do only my leg didn't get the message so I could not hit the brake. I came within a hairsbreadth of hitting the stopped car but she turned into the driveway just in time and I had not even slowed down. If there had been an impact it would not have been pretty. I stopped driving that day. Also, I identify with you with the sense of humor thing. If we couldn't find humor in this crazy disease of ours, and laugh I think we would be crying. A good sense of humor and a good attitude make everything easier. When I was first diagnosed so many years ago I didn't tell anyone, even my grown kids what was the matter with me as they had seen their grandmother going through hell before L-dopa. When they finally figured it out they were greatly relieved it was not something terminal. As for me, "let's pretend" was finally over. Like you, now I'm very vocal and I try to educate people who don't know what it's all about. helen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn