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>I would be interested in anyone else has expercienced rhe same >feelings. > >Lanier Maddux Chattanooga n > >> I too experience the "choking up" in minor emotional situations. I have never been known as a very openly emotional person. Today in situations that involve a little sadness I break down into tears very easily and my voice chokes up completely. As I think about it , I remember a couple of incidents of it happening before I was diagnosed. My retirement talks were a disaster. Two weeks ago I visited with my good friend who has brain cancer. The scene ended up being two unemotional type grandfathers, hugging each other and crying--neither one able to talk. This is not easy to accept in a society where we were raised to believe that "real men" don't cry. I am normally an upbeat, positive person and fortunately do not have depressions. This crying business is still strange to me. I am not comfortable with it but I do accept it as one of the "parkie perks". Erv Birzer