hi all i am so grateful for all of your speedy replies i've already received 8 messages from you so many of you advised me to describe my worst 'off' condition which was the way i was already instinctively leaning although somewhere in the depths of my brain [guilt? denial? hope springing eternal?] i 'wanted' to use more positive terms however gail's response in re my "biological condition" vs my "medicated condition" made the lightbulb go on over my head bingo! without meds i cannot function well at all and that's the condition i will report on gail, you wrote: >Janet, >I'm evaluating you (by some descriptions you mentioned >over the internet over the 6-8 months I've known you) at >scoring 111 points on this scale. As I've said, this is an >illness perspective, not a wellness perspective. >Gail Vass, RN, BSN i was intrigued by your assessment and impressed by the effort you made you may want to adjust my rating to reflect the fact that i have virtually no tremor at any time my only other comment[s]/question[s] is/are: 111 out of what? 111 on a scale of what to what? did i pass, fail, get an e for effort, or what? more evidence of this miraculous dynamic at work... janet janet paterson 51/10 - sinemet/selegiline/prozac almonte/ontario/canada - [log in to unmask]