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Hello, I am Laura, I am a 47 year old accountant with two grown children and a beautiful grandson, and I was diagnosed with PD four months ago. I have however, had symptoms for five years and I suppose I wanted to be able to deny that there was a real problem. For the last three years my family physician was treating me for essential tremor (common among PWP I now read.) This last year I have begun to have many symptoms that I did not realize were related. I spent most of the year thinking "I'm not that old, I can't be having this many problems." My husband has been quite distraught about the tremor and then the dragging foot and I finally asked the Dr. "I know the two are not related to each other, but my husband wanted me to ask?" He then asked if I wanted to go to a Neuro and I said I guess it would make my husband happy. I was sure there wasn't anything really wrong, just many little things. When the Neuro told me she suspected I had PD, I remained very calm. And even after her many tests and the confirmation that I have PD I did not think much of it. I also didn't tell anyone except by immediate family. Finally at New Years we decided to tell our extended family, some friends and my co workers. Once I told people it really hit me hard and I guess I have finally accepted it. The worst part is that in accepting the reality of PD I have become much more stressed and the symptoms are much more pronounced. I am happy to join the list so that I can "hear" what other PWPs have to say and how you are all dealing with PD. This is probably the most I have "spoken" about it. Thank you for allowing me to be included in the list. Laura ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn