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I'm happy to be joining this group. I'm a 65 yr old female retired high school history teacher who beat ovarian cancer at age 43. I thought I was home free! What a shock at age 60 to learn I had the same disease that killed my grandfather. The Parkie meds don't work for me. I "liked" Sinemet, but after a year it made the dystonia in my feet so bad I couldn't walk, so I stopped and am slugging it out without any meds. For past two and-a-half yrs I have walked/danced a mile a day on my treadmill to 1920's music and Sousa marches. I built an exercise/therapy pool in my back yard (it's like a gigantic spa) with exercise bar and swim jet. I swim/exercise almost every day rain or shine. Early on the benefits were great, but my PD is getting worse, but I"m still doing it. My question is anyone else out there using exercise? I hope it will keep my osteoporosis from progressing too (it already has with Evista). Hope to hear from you and your stories. Good to not be alone anymore. Ray at [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn