Wendy, Nan, and Greg - Thank you for your replies. I did gain some helpful and practical ideas on how to deal with social sitations.

The thing is that Parkinson's has taken a lot away from all of us, but I refuse to let it define me one inch more than I have to allow. I am more than a person with Parkinson's. I won't allow people to forget the person I really am, the good, the bad, the indifferent. Pre-PD, people at a party would not hasten to find me a seat and that portrays me as helpless. I can find my own seat and I will sit in it only if I want to. And please, don't interrupt me to ask about my health. How am I supposed to answer that? Seriously! Just let me be like all the others in the room, a person who is not perfect but is given equal treatment.

I know this might come off as harsh, but so be it. We are all a courageous lot to put up with this disease.