Linda, You and Murray offered some excellent advice to YH Tan. Parkinson's is a very individual disease and although many of us were diagnosed at about the same age we have all taken different paths as far as our medication usage and disease progression. I am 52 and was diagnosed 9 years ago, but I noticed symptoms 3 years before being diagnosed. I worked for the first 5 years but being a substitute school teacher and having Parkinson's was not a good partnership for me. And yes, I did see Janet Reno last night and I most wholeheartedly agree with you. Sharon H