Dear List Members, Responding to the various posts "Not Even 60 Yet", I'm reading a book about pain called The Gift Nobody Wants, by Dr.Paul Brand. At one point he says (his opinion) the most detrimental emotions to overall health are bitterness and anger and the most positive influence is gratitude. I don't know exactly how you get there, but various people on this list have expressed some form of gratitude, some for PD itself, others for the meds, for surgical procedures, that it isn't worse than it is, whatever. When Ginny was diagnosed she called the Parkinson's hot line at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland where she talked to a Parkinsonian volunteer who didn't downplay that it would be tough, but also said there are far worse diseases floating around, and that if you had to get one, this one at this time is a better deal than some others. I don't want to sound like Pollyanna, that everything is just wonderful. It is tough and it gets tougher. But I think it's essential for every one of us to find and hang onto something positive about our lives. Have a wonderful holiday, Pete & Gin Morgan [log in to unmask]