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Great rant, Rick!!! Keep it up! -All the best, Geo. You said.... ....Well, now that I'm inside it, I don't want people to feel that way about me. I just want people to interact with me normally, to ignore my problems and not treat me like a freak, not ostracize me, nor to defer to my difficulty or pamper me. If I knew then what I know now, I might have at least said 'howdy' to that guy. In the Buffalo vernacular that would read 'haya doo-un'. But I remember, when I was younger, not wanting anything to do with people who weren't 'cool', wanting to move fast and not be burdened or slowed down or to have to even think about disabilities and people afflicted with them. Seems like ages ago already. Image is much more important to the young. Now I couldn't care less how people judge me in a social context, because I now know that that stuff is very superficial. My concern remains that as a person who is often on a stage somewhere, that my colleagues on stage will shun me for considerations of image. Def Leopard tried to stick with their drummer after he lost his arm in a car crash. Fickle fans wouldn't go for it. I must say that having PD has opened my eyes to the fact that there are real people inside these malfunctioning bodies, with invaluable stories to tell. I see people differently now. The healthy ones don't appreciate how fragile their image and their independence are, nor do they realize the depth and breadth that still glows in the hearts of the afflicted. Adversity does enrich your outlook. So that's my rant for today. Thanks again..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn