janice, hello again. sounds like your lifestyle is neat and you sound as if you are handling the problem well. i live on the chatttahooche river in salem al. i have water on 3 sides of me and i love it here. i am also 54 yrs old and have a wife who is grreat. she stuck by me through some rough times. the dbs surgery i received absolutely changed my life. i went from taking 1 1/4 sinemet tabletsevery hour to none. at the present i am off of all meds and have been since the "deep brain stimulator " surgery.i now go out and ride the waverunners and boats without any problems(a little cold right now).speaking of the weather ,it was great up until last week- 75 and 78 degrees but it dropped to a high of 60 and upper 50's a couple of days ago. what kind offv vegetables do you grow? well, i 'd best go and get ready ---- we're going to my brothers' house to watch the super bowl. hope to hear from you soon jim ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn