In England we we get "free" care (ie paid for via income tax), no choice of doctor and a 10-minute conversation every 6 months if you sit humbly on a chair in a boiling hot waiting room for 90 minutes (tho there are a couple of helpful parkinsons disease nurses). I still work - big mortgage & anyway I like it - no advice regarding that - except thru groups like this one, for which thank God. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn