To those of you writing about how PD has destroyed your life I, add my voice, which I am losing now. It is a real problem that the public does not understand what it really does to MOST OF US. Unfortunately, those PWP who are able to work (and they have every right to do so if they can) give an impression to the public that it is not such a big deal and you have an "almost normal life', like I did when I had ovarian cancer. When i was DX over 6 yrs ago a friend of my mother commented "at least it's not painful", another,, "it takes a long time". I can't express my anger over those ignorant remarks, but that is what we are facing. It just doesn't look too bad to others who don't know what it is like to shake eternally, for only one symptom. I can't do anything anymore but wait for the end and correct my one-handed typing on the computer. Rayilyn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn