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Hi Everyone: In rereading my message describing the traffic accident, I discovered that I may have come across as insensitive to the woman in the other car who injured her arm. Actually, she "thought" her arm might be broken. She realized this about fifteen minutes after the accident while we were waiting for the police to arrive. They took her to a nearby hospital to check her arm. Certainly, I am concerned about anyone being hurt in an accident. My choice of using a light tone to describe the incident probably came from two sources: 1. Habit 2. My frame of mind. Consider this: I was 30 minutes away from my specialist appointment, looking forward to possibly hearing some reasonable suggestions for managing my new PD problems. A car stops ahead of me on a crowded freeway. I slam into it at about 35 mph. Front half of my car is virtually destroyed. Somehow, I get the car off the freeway. For the next 30 minutes, my mind is occupied by calls on my cellular phone to the Exxon Travel Club (for a wrecker), the doctor (cancel appointment), and my wife (who was in Houston for a meeting) --- all the while standing alongside the road gazing at my car and wondering how I survived. Then, I ride with the wrecker driver to the GM dealer, call and give my insurance agent all the info he needs, acquire a rent car, stop to eat lunch and pop my pills (must not forget the Sinemet), and drive 50 miles back to Cat Spring. Would anyone like to guess my mental condition last night? Anyway, my sincere apologies if I offended anyone by appearing to make light of another person being injured. Thanks for listening. Stan Houston Cat Spring TX 78933 [log in to unmask]