If PD, like life itself, begins at birth (as I think it does), then we're all at the "End-Stage" of both diseases. I think it was the poet Jean Cocteau who first remarked, "If you want to see what Death looks like, just stand in front of a mirror." Cheers, Joe -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013