hi, my name is Betty & i am one of the oldies i was diagnosed with PD in 1977 too i was 30 years but had had symptoms since i was 25 yrs old i'm now or will be 56 on Sept 4. i have had a pallidotomy in 1996 which only helped for about 4 months. I would be glad to answer any question about PD since i have already been through what some of the younger ones are experiencing now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn