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Unfortunately, PD being the chronic degenerative disease it is can make it difficult for some to come to grips with what is a daily reality for a great many of us. To those who feel shocked or scared - and justifiably so - a reminder that by not acknowledging or by sugar-coating the potential reality of what some - not all, but SOME - of us MUST cope with with in living with this disease will NOT make it go away. With all due respect, I suggest you LEARN from what is posted on the List, rather than to publicly CHASTISE those who may share with us what is their truth and reality about life with Parkinson's. There's not rule you have to LIKE what you read on the List, (NONE of us like to be confronted with the painful truth), but please don't respond in strident tones of censorship to those of us who may post something you don't like to hear. YOUR sensitivities and feelings have been thoughtfully nurtured and respected here, and it would become you if YOU would accept the fact that everyone ELSE on the List ALSO has sensitivities and feelings and are entitled to them. Hey folks - we're all in this TOGETHER and letting one or two members dictate the route we take (with the exception of our respective List-moms who can jump in and speak up whenever they wanna) is giving up something MOST of us greatly value. Barb Mallut [log in to unmask]