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The main article this month on the Parkinson Alliance site: http://www.parkinsonalliance.net/ is by Dr. Tom Hodgens, "Mask of Parkinson's." Dr. Hodgens will be a continual contributor to the site in an ongoing series called "Ask The Doctor." If you have any questions you would like for him to answer, please send him an email. His email address is on the site. The letters from the list have been stacking up in my mailer due to the amount of work I've been doing. There were at least 20 things I wanted to comment on but didn't, much to everyone's relief. Sometimes the intelligent come-backs I think are signs of wisdom come out as pure stupidity. The loss is probably due to Windows95. A couple of things passed by that I really want to comment on - number one is pets and PD. Books have been written about the healing power of pets (with the exception of cats, who exist in another world, sorta' like Apple Computers). I can honestly say that Jake, my lab, and Bubba, my horse, have given me the strength to continue fighting PD. Their love and companionship will not allow me to cave in to the black monster that wants to take over my life. I cannot ride out into the pasture, nor walk with Jake into the woods and still be depressed. I cannot throw sticks into the lake for Jake to retrieve, or watch Bubba run full blast to the barn at feeding time, and worry about the advances of PD. A very wise man once said, "There is something about the outside of a horse that's good for the inside of a man." (I guess that applies to women, too. Never asked, never wanted to know.)(<--a joke. Don't be so serious.) The closer we bring the boundary of our existence towards us, the more we cut off the outside world. Logic follows that it also gives us more time to focus on ourselves, which is NOT a good thing. My lovely wife (she played Medusa in the movie and has never removed her makeup. It leads me to believe sometimes that I might not have PD. I'm just turning into stone from looking at her.) sees an apartment in our future, where she can deposit me and not worry. Like Don, I'll never give in on that one. I might eventually have to move, but the pasture will be just down the street. I won't get into the on/off subject debates. Wiser people than me can argue that point (and have for the past 5 years.) I think a lot of folks agree that pets for PWP are just as important as Sinemet, if not more so. Now the non-PD part. My highly skilled cybersister said, "being a family doesn't mean we're 'on the prowl' or 'lookin fer luv'." You can tell this girl has never been to Texas. Here we go to family reunions to pick up women. Jerry (who still doesn't have a sig file)