Just as they cannot put themselves in our shoes, we cannot put ourselves in theirs. They are probably trying to have you, the inner core person, not the person with PD, as their partner as long as possible. They do this for two reasons: they want to pretend this disease has not fallen on both of you and that things are still livable, reminiscent of your pre PD days, and 2)they don't want you to see the fear or concern in their eyes. It is no picnic to have this disease, but then again it is no picnic to be the caretaker. If I had a choice .....well, I don't know.


Ann