Hi all, First let me just say that my mother, Rita, has been enjoying all the humorous posts lately, she hasn't forgotten how to laugh!!! She and I were talking the other day and she said to keep an eye out here on the list in case anyone should mention the symtoms she's been experiencing lately.. Well, I thought I would mention them for her and see if any one else has experienced them as a PD symptom.... First she gets these periods during the day when the muscles in her neck feel very tight and constricting...I asked her if she had trouble swallowing and she said "no", the other symptom is having to listen to her heart beat in her right ear....she said it is really loud and annoying!! She hasn't been to her Neuro in a while, but she is making an appt. within the next few weeks.....(she'll be bugged by me till she does!) Thanks to all, Karen Daughter of Rita V.B. 76/13