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Melody Somehow I don't think that your parents want you to sit on their doorstop ready in case they need you. Such is life. Guilt trips exacerbate your condition. Fleurette 2501 PM 1/29/97 -0500, you wrote: >Let me introduce myself, the daughter of a newly diagnosed Parkinsons >mother. My parents live near Washington, D.C, and I am here in Israel, as >you see. When I immigrated some twenty years ago, they were young and >healthy. Occasionally I come home for a short visit, but our relationship >is mainly via the telephone and, recently, the net. I feel very guilty >that I am so far away and that I cannot be of any real help. I myself am >still adjusting to the new reality. My mother and my father have just >joined this listserv -- and I would like to welcome them, and wish them >well. Melody >