Checking in to real life, friends. For a while there the arthritis and the hip replacement took so much of my attention that I would forget I had PD for hours at a time. Now I have graduated from Home Care and things are more in balance. I can walk with a cane or walker, do simple housework chores, help plan meals, read short items, bathe and dress (in two hours), go out for a meal (two since surgery on Oct. 10), go to church (once), and so forth, and best of all: receive guests! A small working group of Parkinson's advocates did us the honor of stopping by yesterday on their way to the airport for catch-up, conversation, and a slice of pizza. What a pleasure that was! These are the people who are saving our lives, folks, and IMHO among the finest people I've ever known. Never mind who--they are part of this community, and so are you. Onward and upward!

I said it on the other forum during a brief social spell: thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, good wishes and flowers, support threads and PMs. You made a real difference to my recovery. It's good to be conscious of you all again. I've missed you.

GOOD news about the boat, Steve.

Jaye

Jaye