The following is from my niece, who understands, re my DBS story on CNN.com. I don't think putting on a happy face gets it either, although I still like to laugh, Ray "I like your story - although I don't think it really hit on the day to day things that are horrible - you know - cant cook, garden, brush teeth etc without thinking about the disease. I like the picture of you and Spike. Your life has always been worth something to me - and I'm sure that because you can speak for the thousands of PD patients that cant communicate anymore your life means a great deal to them" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn