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Wow!!!! I have been caregiving for 17 years and speaking to groups for over 10 and I did not find all those negatives here in the US. Parkinson patients and caregivers are the most informed people in any disease and neurologists here are well informed as a whole. All our organizations do a super job of informing and will answer any questions you have, all of them have people in positions that are knowledgeable. I will admit that you must be very careful if your patient is admitted to a hospital, Brig went through bladder cancer visits every 6 months for almost 17 years(1986 was a difficult year) and abdominal aneurysm found in the same year. He was operated on about 3 years ago for that and came out just about as good as he was when he went in.....Don't misunderstand me, I was on top of every pill and had doctors so well informed, they asked me about medication, (no, I am not a nurse). Between and that and advocacy, I feel responsible to be so well informed that there is no problem, it is our responsibility to get the best doctor, the best hospital if necessary. Ask questions!!!!!!! Gerry and Brig diagnosed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn