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Dorothy-- I fear that it may be a part of ANY chronic disease to become self-absorbed. The person seems often to turn inward, and become obsessed with body, pains, symptoms, frustrations---etc, etc, etc. I know that even my dear Peter, who is one of the most loving and caring people on God's green earth, has times when he is tuned out to what is going on with me! He is obsessed with reading and re-reading the info we have on PD, partly because having read it he can't retain it, partly because you can take the man out of the reference library, but you can't ....(you get it.) For example, I've been having a swellimng and numbness in ONE leg (not 2) for awhile, and normally he would have had me to the doctor the day I noticed it--he has been pretty unconcerned, and I'm actually OK with that, because he's the world's best worrier anyhow, so I try not to talk about it. Today I went for tests, and he was mildly curious, but easily reassured. So what I'm thinking is that the increasing self-absorption,or "selfish" focus is a natural result of being incurably ill, not just of PD. Does this make sense to anyone else?? One's world begins to close in, no matter how much others are loved. Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter, 79/8, Oxford,Ohio [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Ask me about the CARE list for PD caregivers!" * * * * * * * * * * * * * *