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susan, i kept your letter until now, things have been rather busy in my life. I misssed how long your husband had been diagnosed, but i am assuming its fairly new, and you both are going to have some big adjustments. I wish i had some profound words of wisdom to offer you, but i really don't. This list can offer a lot of help, and a little aggrivation, so stay with it. Some of the best advice I have gotten off of it - you can cry in the shower, and no one can see the tears. Laugh as much as possible, and spend time doing things you enjoy. Take care of yourself, it's easy to get so wrapped up in your role as care giver that you ignore your own pain, and that will eventually catch up to you. There is a good book out, "Living with a chronically ill spouse" that you might look for. It covers pretty well everything, her husband was dying of ms, not pd, but it hit close to home in my house. Finally, always try to find faith, it will help when nothing else does. For your info, i was diagnosed with pd, and then with ms ( it's not pd)a year later. my wife and i were in a bad car wreck in early oct, she is just now out of icu, and still may not make it. so i have gotten a good dose of both sides of the care giver issue. in my opinion, being sick is the easy side, you at least can tell yourself, well she will be ok if.... hope this helps bob aka tex ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com