It is interesting to me, Barb M., that you should speak of AIDS. I often tell my friends (and anyone else that is listening) that PD is like AIDS in that it does not kill itself, but allows everything else to kill you. Believe it or not people do not die from AIDS either. Both diseases create a situation in the body where other things which would not usually cause more than inconvience, KILL YOU. Marling McReynolds [log in to unmask]