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Hi all, Let me add my two cents to the cane issue. I like what William has said here. Not only does it tell people you are not drunk, it alerts total strangers to the fact that you have a definite problem with mobility, I have found that strangers are much more apt to be patient and considerate when I am using my cane than when I am not. (Oddly enough I had more problems wit impatient and rude when I was going to one of the local hospitals, without the cane, for therapy. Decorated, it also helped the first time I met with very old friends who I hadn't seen for several years before onset of the pd. We were at their son's graduation from King's Point Merchant Marine Academy; I was worried that the sight of me so radically changed might shock them and put somewhat of a damper on the party. So-- cane was decked out in red, white and blue flowers and flags for graduation and most of the weekend except for the formal dance when in donned a huge bouquet of flowers which matched my outfit. Yes, the decorations it heaped a lot, especially in conveying my attitude. I like the idea of a candy cane for Christmas. daytime anyway. Cathy William Heitman wrote: > Perhaps the best thing about canes is that one walking with a cane is > excused for dyskinesias or other odd behavior. People seenm to think of > "some guy with a weird disease" rather than "some drunk" or "some idiot > spaced out on drugs." > > It also helps one avoid public condemnation when on and using the handicap > parking. > > It serves as a sort of "badge." > > Best, > WHH 56/38/37