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Billy Baird wrote: > What is the difference what we have anyway? Do Aids people tell > everyone they have Aids? Do cancer people tell everyone they > have cancer? I suspect that the answer to the above is the same as it is for us --- Some do-some don't. I am pretty sure that no-one tells EVERYBODY anything. > Should we wear a medical band around our wrist? It > is not like being a diabetic, where if you don't get your > insulin, you could die. Some of us do wear a medic-alert band. Mine for example warns against giving me pethadine because I am on Deprynol. > I am sure there are many people out there who > don't tell us that they have a criminal history. Billy, if you really equate having PD with having a criminal history I can see why you are having trouble admitting to it. We are not 'guilty' of this disease any more than we can choose to give it up. > Is our life supposed to be an open book? Only if you want it to be. The choice of who to tell and when to tell them is yours and yours alone. There is no absolute 'right' answer to the question, only what is right for you. Having said that, it seems fairly obvious that you are not happy with whatever position you are taking at the moment. Perhaps the real question is not 'who do you tell' but 'do you want to tell anybody (and if not, why not)?' There are more choices than an 'open book' or a 'dungeon'. Dennis. ++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene 47/10 [log in to unmask] ++++++++++++++++++++