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======================== To Camilla Flinterman} Camilla -- I believe your observations of your husband's turning more inward in his concerns is probably true in most every case when a once- healthy individual is forced beyond his own will to begin the task of dealing with his new "identity"...that of pain, disability, sadness, boredom, and a grieving for the loss of his former self. As a person who has had pd for almost 20 years, I am very fortunate to be relatively free of pain, disability, depression, or boredom as long as my meds are cooperating. When they are not, and my body begins to feel semi- paralyzed and like my insides are twisted up in tight knots, and finding a "comfortable" position to sit or lie down becomes an impossibility, I, too, become very self-oriented because I feel that nobody could possibly understand what this feels like. I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me...just to understand that they cannot "feel for me" what they have never experienced. It's a very lonely feeling at times, Camilla, but it is one that we must try to exchange....for acceptance. Warm Regards, Janice Long