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Den - Frozen shoulder sometimes is a symptom of PD, but more often, I think, is simply frozen shoulder, with no discernable cause. What I wanted to say, though, is that your husband is doing you, himself, and his family a disservice by keeping his PD a secret. The stress he'll experience from trying to hide his symptoms from everyone will make the disease that much harder for him to deal with. In addition, and I speak from experience, his not telling anyone makes you his only "support group." That's a burden you don't need. I'm sure your husband doesn't want to worry anyone, and I imagine he also doesn't want to be seen as "handicapped," or less than he was, and he doesn't want anyone feeling sorry for him. That's all understand- able. But I hope after some consideration, he will decide that he's ready to share his diagnosis with his family. Perhaps you can persuade him to tell his sister, and then once he has broken that barrier, he will more easily be able to tell the rest of his family. Good luck to you both. Margie Swindler, cg for Dick 52/15 [log in to unmask]