Amanda - I love that your posts will always make me smile or give me a laugh. I hope you are doing well. I am sure your sense of humour must help. Moneesha On 15 July 2011 00:34, A Phillips <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Michele. I'm a "young-ish" onsetter myself - diagnosed at 47 and now > about to hit 55. You're right, it is scary - all the other local pd > sufferers seem to be a generation older than me (one actually is an old > school-teacher of mine ! ) which limts social possibilities. I think this > group saved my sanity when I forst joined. > > If you don't like going out because of the stares - I tried going up to the > person staring and offering > information - this usually re-assures them you're not a weirdo or causes > them to bolt. > > Do check information for yourself - the medics don't know half as much as > they claim to. > > I'm in the UK - southern England. What's Montana like ? Wish I'd been to > the USA, lovely country despite odd craze for guns, bizarre weather & > strange belief that it's possible to declare "war on terror" - impossible to > shoot an emotion....... > > Amanda > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn