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I have been listening to talk of THE CURE ever since I was diagnosed twelve years ago and it has been hovering ten years in the future throughout that time. It is the Holy Grail of the PD world, sought after, quested for, mythologised. Like the Grail it is has become more symbol than reality; like the Grail it is perceived as mending everything if it can be found; like the Grail finding it is something only a few can do. The trouble with seeing the cure as the Grail is that we PWP are not caste in the role of questing knights; even less are we Sir Galahads. We unfortunately are caste in the role of the Fisher King - carrying a wound that will not heal until Sir Galahad finds the Grail. I don't like that role. I'd rather just be me, getting on with my life. And the only way I know to do that is to put THE CURE into perspective. If the cure is the single most important thing in my life then I haven't had, nor do I have, much of a life. The cure is very important to me - but it is not the be all and end all of my existence, because that would turn it into the Grail and me into the Fisher King. Far better to find other quests in which I can take the knights role. That way I keep some of my strength, some of my skill. Who knows - I might even keep the occasional dragon from bothering Sir Galahad. Dennis +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dennis Greene 49/dx 37/ onset 32 There's nothing wrong with me that a cure for PD won't fix! [log in to unmask] http://members.networx.net.au/~dennisg/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++