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When the time comes that YOU feel comfortable about it, my advice is to educate, educate, educate. It is remarkably liberating and you will probably find that you haven't fooled anybody, and that your colleagues assumed you were drinking, or using drugs. Parkinson's is a complex disease, and I found that most people are incredibly ignorant about it, and MY co-worker's are doctors, nurses, and psychiatric social workers with Master's degrees. I even had a Director of Nursing ask me, after I explained twice why couldn't work swing shifts because of my medication schedule, the blood-brain barrier, dopamine levels, etc. etc. ad nauseum, "But how long do you need before that is corrected?" Poor woman, she was amazed when I told her, never, or until they find The Cure. Carole Hercun P.S. You may even bore them so much, they will stop asking questions, PD being so much less entertaining than a substance-abuse problem. --- CCD <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have a problem when it comes to sharing the diagnosis > at work. My tremor is becoming more > evident as time passes and my neurologist doesn't want to > prescribe anything until I am assessed > at the Movement Disorders Clinic (where I have an > appointment in a month from now.) My immediate > supervisor is aware of what is going on and is very > supportive. > > However, a number of people want to know why I have > resigned from a couple of high profile, high > stress (volunteer) positions at work. One of these people > is a persistent person who wants all the > "dirt" on anything and everything. She is probably The > Primary Source of gossip and is also prone > to catastrophizing things. I have tried to go with the > "personal circumstances" or "medical > issues" route, but it doesn't always work. And I want to > be honest as well as desiring to educate > people about PD. > > Got any good suggestions??? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn