David, a very courageous letter-it must have reached many who perhaps didn't yet have your courage to speak out. One experience I had was dribling unconscously and having the joy that my medicines created a lovely permanent yellow stain. The good news is symptoms seem to slowly change-sometimes certain problems get better as others get worse. In my case after 3 years the dribling has stopped as has the staining-now the buttons and clumsyness are worse. I also suspect if anyone had winessed the episode you related they most likely would have done their best to be helpful. I work half time and volunteer in several groups and my shaking is obvious to all-the best answer I found was to casually mention I have Pd,it is not painful -yes- my hand shakes but my mind doesn't , smile and change the subject. Regards Rob