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Hi Kees Paap <[log in to unmask]>, you wrote >A few hours ago I returned home from Israel and I remembered something >happened in the plane: > >A man (about 40) passed me several times on his way to the toilet or >to smoke a cigaret in the back of the plane. His right arm didn't move. >His movements were very slow. He walked as a typical Parkinson Patient >who doesn't use medication or too little or doesn't react on the medication. > >To me thid man was a classical example of a Parkie. ... >So I told him about PD and that there was a possibily he had it too. I advised >him to see a neurologist when he will be back in Israel. >And now back in Holland I wonder should I have told him about PD?? Should I >have asked his name or given mine?? Kees, You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs. Similarly, you cannot expect to be the helpful, caring, lovely man I know you are without occasionally risking giving some offence. I say you certainly were right to offer your loving support to this stranger. I have little doubt that you tackled the communication with sensitivity. The worst that might happen is he could go back to his family or friends, and have a laugh with them, saying "a funny thing happened to me in the plane. There was this wierd ginger-haired Dutchman who was trying to diagnose me on a few minutes observation only: who does he think he IS - James Parkinson?." You keep it up, Kees. Most of us fail to offer kind words until it is way too late. -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160