It's definitely a love/hate relationship for me, but if not having pd would have also meant I'd never have learned all that I have and still am, and also that I would never have been able to write the poems I have, etc., I don't know that I'd trade it for the other option. Hard to say. But, everyone's experience is different, like I said. For most people, it's probably like hell on earth, and there are times where I also feel like that and as my disease progresses, I may feel like that too more and more. I find tho', that my life and my pd seem to go better when I look at it from the other side, and try to use my energy to make it work for me rather than fighting it. I still intend to be healed of this thing, and when I am, there's gonna be some big time payback going on. For every hour of my life that's wasted now, I'm expecting some big time fun and more later. I'm keeping score, so there'll be no question later. That thought definitely helps me deal. Wendy T.