In a message dated 5/31/98 10:43:24 PM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Are you (or anyone else in our PD group) aware of whether people with PD are eventually put on respirators because of this? >> I have seen a chap in a hospital/nursing home with what I would call "end stage PD." This unfortunate gentleman was curled up in the fetal position and couldn't move at all as far as I could tell. He was breathing without a respirator though. Regards, WHH 54/18 PS: Yes, I saw my own face of fear in his.