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Choices Life is full of choices. At first someone makes the choices for us. We accept these choices because we are too young to know they need to be made, much less make them ourselves. Then we start making the choices with the assistance of others and later, on our own. There are times, however, when outside forces influence our choices. PD has become a major player in the choices I make. One choice I’ve made is to continue working for as long as possible. One reason for this is the certainty that if I stop working I’ll fade away to nothing. Another reason for this choice is that I enjoy what I do. At first I thought it was just the physical problems that would cause changes in what I did and how I did them. However, the act of thinking about something appears to be as bad or worse than doing it. Watching the TV is not to bad, provided the show is not to interesting. But concentrating on something like the answer to a question, reading, even listing to a conversation increases the time it takes for the meds to start working. This means if I want to get to work on time in the morning, I have to give up something so the meds well have me on when I get to work. When I get home the same thing is true. Something has to go so I can get enough sleep to be functional the next day. The thing that has been getting he short end of he stick is the internet. This bothers me more than you might think. I have a lot of friends on the net. I’ve spent a lot of time building those friendships and I don’t want to loose them. Also #parkinsons and the mail list have been invaluable as a support group. In short, I may not be around as much as I used to be and I’m having to shift my hours around. But I’m still here. I’m just on at rather odd hours and for shorter periods. Marvin Giles (WerPuppy)