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Hi, Scott, I don't mind your replying at all. My situation is a bit different than yours. I'm 60 years old and when I was diagnosed with PD 6 yrs ago I made a decision that I could continue working in a very stressful job (I was a Postmaster) and use up my remaining "good" years doing something that brought me little pleasure and much grief. So I retired. I was also very ill at the time (turned out to be sarcoidosis that apparently inhabited my body at about the same time but have nothing to do with each other). I was bedridden for over a year, lost 40 pounds, became really anemic, etc.. So retiring wasn't a hard decision to make. I have one child she is 39 years old and has a family of her own. My husband is still working full time. He is also a retired Air Force Officer. He spent 20 years flying in fighter planes and doing all the traveling he was interested in doing. We take trips together to see family and since we're close to Vegas we sometimes go there together. He is really okay with my traveling. He just isn't interested in going himself. He worries when I take on a big trip like the one to Italy this summer so he paid for my daughter to go with me and help out and also for us to have an incredible experience together. I have one granddaughter, 12 years old. I have always been very active in her life. In the very beginning before the PD was giving me much trouble I traveled with her. We went to Washington DC, New York City (2 weeks before THE 9/11) and spent a month one summer in a little cottage in Pennsylvania. Before PD I worked very, very hard. I don't mean to sound insensitive to my husband, but I really have never felt guilty. I think it's because I'm not taking something away from him. It sounds as if your wife loves you very much and understands that your window of opportunity to travel is more limited that those without PD and she wants you to fit all the enjoyment you can inside that window. Unless it is taking food from your family's table or causing some other kind of deprivation to your family I would suggest that you go while you can and take your wife and the kids with you as often as you can. You don't have to go to Italy to have a fabulous time. Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Burnett" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:27 AM Subject: Re: Claudia/viva vegas > Claudia, > I hope you don't mind me replying to yo since yo wrote "on list" . > I > am a 47 year old PWP and my wife works full time ass a PE teacher. > do you feel guilty leaving your spouse at home and traveling? Are your > kids all grown up? My wife tells me to go, travel and visit friends > but I have a hard time leaving the family (kids 16 and 13 years old..) > How did you get over that feeling of guilt at "not doing your share" > and missing out on kids' activities? > Scott > Stockton, CA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn